Innovations in Health,

Nutrition, Sanitation under

Rural Development:
With Focus on Women
Ms. Ministhy S. IAS
District Magistrate Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh
 Health &Nutrition Initiatives
• District Backward in MMR, IMR, Health
Indicators
• Focus on underweight expectant mothers,
malnourished children, women hygiene,
sanitation
• Mutti Bhar Anaj Abhiyan- A Fistful of Food
• Community participation and awareness of the menace of
malnourishment and effects
• Use of unused Village Health and Sanitation Funds under NRHM,
for tackling malnourishment, hygiene
 Health &Nutrition Initiatives
• Each family contributes a fistful of food…

• Public Weighing of pregnant women and children registered in

Anganwadis, to create awareness..tracking increasing weight,
haemoglobin levels, safe delivery
 NIRMAL BHARAT ABHIYAN

-Total Sanitation Campaign for reducing

Open defecation
-Women and Dignity issues focussed on
hundreds of hard hitting nukkad nataks,
public oath ceremonies, involvement of
school children
-Dovetail with MNREGA-Rs 10,000 /toilet
design (MNREGA-4500, NBA-4600,
Beneficiary-900 Unicef design, standardized)
-Campaign mode- 6470 toilets created starting
November 2012-till now.
The first toilet constructed under NBA of a visually
handicaped in Block- Harakh
 PROMOTION OF MENSTRUAL HYGIENE
UNDER NBA- Health &Sanitation
• DSC took decision to start sanitary napkin production unit under NBA
on MAHOBA pattern.

• Barabanki is the second district in UP to take up this unique project.

• To establish production unit a training was imparted on 26.06.2013 in

DSC meeting

• Unit to be established at Panchayat Udyog Masauli,set up is

underway, to be completed by Dec,2013.

• Local women to be trained as a manpower to the unit.

• Low cost but high quality sanitary napkins to be made available in

rural areas and specifically in Kasturba Girls residential
schools,social welfare deptt. governed hostels, rural PHcs and CHCs.

• Use of sanitary napkins to be made a habit amongst rural women and

adolescent girls.
 Funding of Sanitary Napkins
Production unit
• Estimated cost to set up production unit is
approx. 5.0 lakhs
• 3.5 lakhs has to be given from the
revolving fund of NBA and rest 5000/-
each as share from the 48 GPs of Masauli
Block.
• Daily production of 600-700 sanitary
napkins is estimated from the unit
 IEC done to promote Menstrual
Hygiene
• In flood affected areas sanitary napkins were distributed to females ageing
14 - 45 years on 03.08.2013 from CRF.
• In general villages funds from VHNSC is being used to promote habit of use
of sanitary napkins
• In talks with NGOs like Anandi to set up more units with NABARD financial
support- employment for women, hygiene issues dovetailed approach…
 “THANK YOU”
“ What is the use ?” Someone asked the
child who was throwing the stranded
starfish back into the life giving ocean…
“ There are so many more left on the
beach..What do you hope to achieve?”

The child smiled, threw back another starfish

and said, “ IT MADE A DIFFERENCE TO
THAT ONE!”