the fifth estate

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SCALABILITY/REPLICABILITY

Shahdol is a rural district with a large tribal population, and poor MNCH outcomes. e

Project seeks to drive sustainable change and strengthen the quality of services at health

facilities in partnership with the state government for better management of normal and

complicated deliveries, strengthening the coverage and quality of ante-natal/post-natal care

services at community, and especially for identification and referral of high-risk pregnancies

and sick/small newborns.

India Health Action Trust (IHAT)

• Reaching 30,000 pregnant/new mothers, 25,000 newborns, 500 frontline

workers, & 235 ANMs & doctors

• A solar-powered digital ante-natal kit to identify high-risk pregnancies

• Mini-skill labs for nurses and ANMs for delivery and essential

newborn care

• Digital tools for real-time capture and monitoring of programme data

HCL

Grant

Recipient

Health,

2021

HCLTech Grant Project:

Project MANCH: Improving Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Outcomes in Tribal Areas of Madhya Pradesh