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Initiatives You Can Join |
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Join the
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Display Posters |
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Posters |
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YOU CAN BE THE CHANGE.
Download and display posters using your
Company's or Organisation's Logo. Promote
important mind
set changes by displaying following posters at
places like:
Indian
Railway has already done it.
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Support "Prerna"
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WHY TO SUPPORT "PRERNA" |
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Challenges Ahead |
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►Infant Mortality |
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The community
stress on account of Infant Mortality is still
a matter of concern in states like Bihar,
Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh,
Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh. The relative
high Infant Mortality influences the level of
expectations regarding member of surviving
children containing Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR)
and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has direct
bearing with maternal health status. Early
marriage and early pregnancy perpetuate NMR/IMR.
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a comparative graph on IMR |
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►Childrens'
Nutritional Status |
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Childrens'
Nutritional status is directly related to
Health status. Compromised Nutritional Status
leads to not only ill health but substantially
increases the chances of a number of
infections because of low immunity levels.
More the number of children in a family less
is the share of food for each child and hence
proportionate degrees of malnutrition. |
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a comparative graph on Childrens'
Nutritional Status |
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►Total Fertility Rate |
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The replacement
level of population requires 2.1 TFR, which
remains very high in Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya
Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar
Pradesh (i.e between 2.4 to 4). The efforts to
regulate TFR and finally bringing it down to
2.1 entails use of spacing methods as also
permanent sterilization. One of the
requirement under "Prerna" strategy is
sterilization by either parent after second
child. |
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a comparative graph on TFR |
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►Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) |
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The lowest MMR in
India is even higher than that in developed
countries. States like Uttar Pradesh, Assam,
Rajasthan, Bihar, Orissa still show very high
MMR. The predominant cause of high MMR in
Indian states is early marriage. Coupled with
early / frequent pregnancies without spacing
contributes to high MMR. JSK's "Prerna"
directly addresses this issue. |
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a comparative graph on MMR |
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Considering the
goal of achieving replacement level fertility
(2.1 TFR) by 2010, current scenario points to
long time lag. |
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"Prerna"
Strategy |
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JSK’s INNOVATIVE STRATEGY "Prerna" aimed at
“ MIND SET CHANGE”.
“Prerna”
provides an opportunity for couples who have
fulfilled specific responsible parenthood
criteria to become entitled to receive a
reward for breaking stereo-types. The
ingredients to qualify are:-
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Girl’s
marriage after 19 years of age.
(Reward of
Rs.5000/)
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Giving
birth to the first child after the mother
was 21 years old.
(Reward of Rs.7000/ if it’s a girl child &
Rs 5000/ if it’s a boy)
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Keeping
a 36 month gap between first and second
child, and one parent getting sterilized
after the second child is born.
(Reward of Rs.7000/ if it’s a girl child &
Rs 5000/ if it’s a boy)
Ingredients of JSK’s
Prerna Strategy
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Locating
couples (Below Poverty Line), who have
adopted the above ingredients, as
Responsible Parents through community level
efforts
(Dhaulpur example).
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Authenticating Registration of marriage and
birth of child by CMHO’s office.
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Rewarding
eligible couples (Kisan Vikas Patras worth
Rs.5000-Rs.7000), given at district level
public function by the Collector.
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Adequate press coverage to be assured.
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A district can
initially reward upto 30 such couples for
completing among one or more of the
requirements.
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Couples thus
awarded, are encouraged and socially
show-cased, as
Role Models.
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