A document published in September,
1999 and reprinted in April 2000, September 2001
and February 2003, presents the objectives, activities
and achievements of SIFPSA. The document gives a
brief situation analysis in Uttar Pradesh ,the status
on key indicators like TFR, growth rate, IMR, CPR,
unmet need for family planning services and highlights
the need of population stabilization. It describes
the strategies adopted by SIFPSA to reduce the rate
of population growth in the state.
Some of the areas
of SIFPSA work covered in the publication include
:
Private
sector partnerships
Innovative
service delivery strategies,involving indigenous
system of medicine practitioners and traditional
birth attendants
Quality
improvement efforts in the public sector
Strategies to
improve clinical services
Integrated RCH
services and special campaigns
District action
plans
Contraceptive
marketing efforts
Information,
education and communication
Sectoral allocations
Performance
and achievements
The document also discusses the
innovative features of the project which include
performance based disbursement(PBD) system, under
which donor funds are received only on achievement
of specific predetermined outcomes; the use of a
private society structure for funding both private
and public sector activities and technical assistance
by co-operating agencies (CAs). It further outlines
the project management structure,project milestones
and highlights key activities.
MAKING
THINGS HAPPEN :
(DECENTRALIZED PLANNING FOR RCH
IN UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA)
Decentralized
planning is one of SIFPSA's innovative interventions.
This process has been adopted in 6 districts of
Uttar Pradesh and district action plans (DAPs) covering
a population of 17.8 million are being implemented
there. The rationale for district planing is to
encourage bottom-up planning, taking into account
local needs and resources. District planning ensures
the devolution of administrative and financial authority
to the districts, with continued technical assistance
from SIFPSA to streamline service delivery systems.
The district planning exercise also includes the
creation of District Innovations in Family Planning
Services Project Agencies (DIFPSAs) and Project
Management Units (PMUs) to provide operational linkage
between SIFPSA, the districts, and the public and
private sectors. This document is the report of
an external assessment of the DAPs conducted by
The POLICY project. It discusses the experiences
relating to the planning process, implementation
and performance of DAPs. The document was published
in July, 1999 and throws light on the first year
of the experiences of implementation of the DAPs.
Beginning with the DAP planning
process, the document shares experiences regarding
creating a conducive environment and strategies
adopted for generating demand for RCH services.
It describes the measures adopted to improve quality
of services, improve access to integrated RCH services
and forging partnerships with non governmental sector
for wider accessibility of services.The document
also describes the monitoring system developed for
the DAPs and performance in terms of use of family
planning methods and TT coverage. It gives sector
wise fund allocation and key achievements in these
districts.
COMMUNICATION
STRATEGY
(HEALTH & FAMILY PLANNING IN UTTAR
PRADESH)
The
IFPS Project promotes innovative ways of increasing
access,improving quality and promoting demand for
family planning services.To this end,SIFPSA's programme
strategy focuses on the following:
Meeting
the unmet need for family planning services
Increasing
the demand for family planning services by
creating greater awareness, improving their
quality and availability
Emphasizing
the health related aspects of spacing, of
the optimum age span for pregnancies and propagating
the message that pregnancy is a major health
risk for women
Improving adoption
of family planning practices and their sustainability
through promotion of appropriate behaviour
patterns
Ensuring coordination,
convergence and integration of activities
of various agencies, to create a more effective
family planning programme
Undertaking
advocacy efforts to create a positive ambience,political
will and support for the family planning programme
The communication
strategy for U.P. developed through a participatory
process involving experts,programme managers and
government officers is aimed at supporting the overall
programme strategy. It recommends repositioning
family planning in a health framework-that is, offering
good health as the reward for families that stay
small and adopt appropriate practices.The communication
strategy document attempts to do the following:
Review
the current status of the family planning
programme in U.P.
Identify
potential communication strategies
Select the most appropriate approach
Identify primary
audience segments
Introduce the
action plan which will guide the IEC programme
component
While the communication
strategy is designed to serve all segments, specifically,
it recognizes, as an important focus, spacing methods
among young couples who are at the prime of their
reproductive span. Thus the primary audience has
been envisaged as men and women between the age
of 17-25 years with an unmet need for spacing.
MAKING
A DIFFERENCE
(BEST PRACTICES UNDER
THE IFPS PROJECT)
Since
its inception, SIFPSA has been continuously striving
for improving the reproductive and child health
services in the state of Uttar Pradesh. SIFPSA,
as an organization, has come a long way and the
programme has rapidly expanded to 33 districts of
Uttar Pradesh today.
"Making
a Difference” is a document published by
SIFPSA in December 2004. which includes the best
practices evolved under the IFPS Project. Many of
these best practices are innovative models that
can be used in the field of RCH and community programmes.
The best practices
covered under the document are:
Training
and Capacity Building to Sharpen Skills and
Influence Attitudes
Training
of Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA)
TT Immunization Campaign
NGO Partnerships
Involving
Village Pradhans
Integrated RCH Camps
Mulit-media
Campaign on Family Planning
Contraceptive
Social Marketing
Folk
Media Intervention
District
Action Plans
It is hoped that
the document will serve as an invaluable piece of
information for policy makers as well as programme
managers working in the development sector.
FOLK MEDIA
(THE SIFPSA EXPeRIENCE)
SIFPSA
has over the years gainfully used different folk
forms to effectively communicate
family
planning and reproductive & child health messages
to the rural population. The popular folk styles
such as nautanki, puppetry, alha, birha, qawwali
and magic have been used in over 8500 performances
at village level by about 100 trained troupes. Such
an extensive use of the folk medium is perhaps unparalleled
anywhere in the country.
This document published in January, 2004 shares
experiences of SIFPSA gained through implementation
of six phases of folk media over the past five years.
It also discusses in detail the features of each
folk forms used by SIFPSA, the training of troupes,
the process adopted and systems developed for planning,
implementation and monitoring of the performances
at a mass scale and the lessons learned. View The Folk Media Book
in PDF Format
and February 2003, presents the objectives, activities
and achievements of SIFPSA. The document gives a
brief situation analysis in Uttar Pradesh ,the status
on key indicators like TFR, growth rate, IMR, CPR,
unmet need for family planning services and highlights
the need of population stabilization. It describes
the strategies adopted by SIFPSA to reduce the rate
of population growth in the state. 
Decentralized
planning is one of SIFPSA's innovative interventions.
This process has been adopted in 6 districts of
Uttar Pradesh and district action plans (DAPs) covering
a population of 17.8 million are being implemented
there. The rationale for district planing is to
encourage bottom-up planning, taking into account
local needs and resources. District planning ensures
the devolution of administrative and financial authority
to the districts, with continued technical assistance
from SIFPSA to streamline service delivery systems.
The district planning exercise also includes the
creation of District Innovations in Family Planning
Services Project Agencies (DIFPSAs) and Project
Management Units (PMUs) to provide operational linkage
between SIFPSA, the districts, and the public and
private sectors. This document is the report of
an external assessment of the DAPs conducted by
The POLICY project. It discusses the experiences
relating to the planning process, implementation
and performance of DAPs. The document was published
in July, 1999 and throws light on the first year
of the experiences of implementation of the DAPs.
The
IFPS Project promotes innovative ways of increasing
access,improving quality and promoting demand for
family planning services.To this end,SIFPSA's programme
strategy focuses on the following: 
Since
its inception, SIFPSA has been continuously striving
for improving the reproductive and child health
services in the state of Uttar Pradesh. SIFPSA,
as an organization, has come a long way and the
programme has rapidly expanded to 33 districts of
Uttar Pradesh today. 
family
planning and reproductive & child health messages
to the rural population. The popular folk styles
such as nautanki, puppetry, alha, birha, qawwali
and magic have been used in over 8500 performances
at village level by about 100 trained troupes. Such
an extensive use of the folk medium is perhaps unparalleled
anywhere in the country.