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JICA TQM Consultant invited as Guest Speaker for the Seminar on Bio Medical Waste Management in Gwalior (24th December 2010)

Dignitaries on the dias	Mr. S. Fareed Uddin making a presentation
Mr. S. Fareed Uddin explaining the process of segregation of waste	Participants at the workshop

Mr. S. Fareed Uddin, TQM Consultant & Project Operations Manager, JICA/MP- RHP was invited as a Guest Speaker by the Regional Office, MP Pollution Control Board, Gwalior organized a seminar on “Bio Medical Waste Management” on 24th December 2010 at Hotel Central Park, Gwalior to present the implementation aspects of BMW Management, especially in the rural Health facilities. The Seminar was attended by the Government Medical Officers, Staff Nurses, other para-medical staff as well as Doctors from Private Nursing Homes & Hospitals.

Mr. Fareed Uddin stressed upon the need of segregation of waste at source i.e. the labor room, operation theatre, laboratory, immunisation room, wards and other areas where the waste is being generated using the models of colour coded waste bins as suggested by the Pollution Control Board. He explained the importance of deep burial pit in smaller towns with less than 5 lakh population. He also quoted examples from similar interventions in Tendukheda Block of Damoh district where the all the norms are being followed.

Mr. Kamlesh Mishra, Capacity Development Coordinator, JICA/MP-RHP was also present.

The dignitaries included Dr. Vijay Singh Tomar, Chancellor, Agricultural University;
Dr. R. K. Jain, Additional Collector; Dr. Bir Singh, Associate Director, DRDE; Dr. O. N. Kaul, President Nursing Home Association; and Dr. C. P. Bansal, President IMA. There were in all 140 participants at the Seminar.

The speakers included Mr. Chandra Babu, Executive Engineer, CPCB, New Delhi;
Dr. R. K. Gupta, RO, MPPCB, Gwalior; and Ms. Priyanka Porwal and
Ms. Divya Pant, CEE India, New Delhi.

 

The Common Review Mission visits Damoh district (16th - 22nd December 2010)

District officials of Damoh making a presentation	Dr. K.L.Sahu discussing the SBA training methodology developed by the Project
CRM team interacting with BMO and other staff of CHC Tendukheda	Dr. Dinesh Baswal discussing with the Staff Nurses at CHC Tendukheda
CRM team at the site of VHND	ANM of SHC Hardua Sadak showing her records to Dr. Dinesh Baswal & Mr. S. Fareed Uddin

The fourth Common Review Mission (CRM) under NRHM was held from 16th-22nd December 2010. The Government of India teams visited each state during the given period.

Khargone and Damoh districts (JICA Project area) were selected for the review in Madhya Pradesh. The State level briefing was held on 16th December 2010. The National CRM team comprised of Dr. Dinesh Baswal, Assistant Commissioner, Maternal Health, MoHFW, GoI; Ms. Yasmin Zaveri, Embassy of Sweden, New Delhi;
Mr. K. Kaushal, Finance Analyst, NRHM, New Delhi; and Ms. Aparna Kullu, Consultant, NRHM, New Delhi. The State team comprised of Dr. K. L. Sahu, Regional Joint Director, Sagar and Bhopal divisions, DoHFW, GoMP; Ms. Resha Patel, State Nutrition Consultant, NRHM, GoMP; Ms. Arti, NRHM Consultant – VHSC & ASHA, Ms. Bhawna, Consultant – Finance (NRHM)

Dr. Yoichi Yamagata, Project Manager; Ms. Konohara, JICA India Office;
Mr. S. Fareed Uddin, TQM Consultant and Project Operations Manager; and
Mr. Imteyaz Ahmed, Block Coordinator Damoh, accompanied the team.

The team visited CHCs Tendukheda, Pathariya, Hatta and Jabera; PHCs Sarra, Raneh and Abhana; and SHCs Taradehi, Gaisabad, Bhat Khamariya, Hardua Sadak and Kodakala during the visit. The team also visited the District Hospital and the SBA training centre and interacted with the trainees.

The State level de-briefing meeting was held on 22nd December 2010, wherein the CRM team shared their observations and recommendations.

(For details see: 4th CRM Debriefing 22 Dec 2010)

 

 

National Dissemination Seminar of JICA MP RH Project held at NIHFW, New Delhi
(6 December 2010)

Mr. Fareed Uddin welcoming the participants in the Seminar	Mr. Shinichi Yamanaka giving the welcome speech
Dr. Manohar Agnani making a presentation	Dr. K.L. Sahu presenting the JICA Project interventions in Sagar division
Dr. Yoichi Yamagata making a presentation and explaining the position of JICA Project with NRHM
Dr. T. Bir sharing the findings of the External Evaluation	Dr. Manohar Agnani responding to a query during the Open House session
Dr. Yamagata explaining the poster to Mr. Shinichi Yamanaka	Mr. Ochi Naoya, Dy. Director General South Asia Deptt. JICA-Tokyo looks on as Ms. Richa Som explains the Poster
Mr. Taisuke Watanabe making a comment	Dr. Dileep Mavalankar sharing his views
Dr. Kiran Ambwani sharing her observations	Dr. Anjana Saxena giving her comment during the Open House session
Mr. Praveen Shrivastava Director Statistics, MoHFW, GoI	Dr. SK Shrivastava, SIHMC, Gwalior
Dr. Sundararaman, Executive Director NHSRC sharing his experiences on collaboration with JICA Project	Dr. P. Padmanabhan, NHSRC making a point
Participants in the Auditorium
Posters and charts displayed during the Seminar
Group Photograph of Project Team with National and State Government Ministry of Health with other participants

The National Dissemination Seminar of JICA MP Reproductive Health Project was held on
6th December 2010 at the National Institute of Health & Family Welfare (NIHFW), New Delhi. The purpose of the Seminar was to share the Project interventions and its impact at the National level.

Mr. Shinichi Yamanaka, Chief Representative, JICA India Office, gave the welcome speech.

Dr. Manohar Agnani IAS, Mission Director NHRM, DoHFW, Madhya Pradesh, made a presentation on “JICA Project’s interventions to support NRHM activities”. Dr. Agnani appreciated the Project interventions and shared how the funds of NRHM and the Technical Cooperation of JICA Project were complementing with each other to improve the status of maternal health in Sagar division of Madhya Pradesh.

Dr. Thaneswar Bir presented the “Findings of External Evaluation of JICA MP RHP” carried out by NIHFW in Damoh and Tikamgarh districts of the Project area.

Dr. K.L. Sahu, Regional Joint Director, Sagar division, DoHFW, Madhya Pradesh, made a presentation on “Technical Cooperation on Maternal Health by JICA MP RHP”. He mentioned that he has been an eye-witness to the dramatic changes in the capacities of the Frontline workers after the training provided by JICA Project.

Dr. Yamagata made a presentation on “Our Experiments with Optimism – Retrospect of 5 years of JICA/MP-RHP”. Dr. Yamagata showed a simile of lotus flower as a symbol of Optimism. He said, “If there is a flower, there should be a root. That is the essence of Optimism”. He invited the GoI and GoMP officials to think about multiplying the roots.
During the Open House, the participants expressed their keen interest on visiting the JICA Project area and emphasized the need of continuation of the Project so that the interventions can be up scaled and reach a sustainable stage.

Mr. S. Fareed Uddin, Project Operations Manager and Consultant - TQM, conducted the program and gave away the vote of thanks.

The delegates comprised of Officials from the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India; Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh; Representatives from various Development Agencies and Members from NIHFW and Academic institutions.

Mr. Ochi Naoya, Deputy Director General for Planning, South Asia Department, JICA Tokyo, who was on a visit to India, took out time to make himself available for the first half of the Seminar. He showed lot of interest in the presentations and posters displayed.

The JICA India Office team comprised of Mr. Shinichi Yamanaka, Chief Representative; Mr. Taisuke Watanabe, Deputy Resident Representative; Ms. Makiko Konohara, Project Formulation Advisor; Ms. Keiko Haneoka, JOCV Program Coordinator; and Ms. Priti Manchanda.

The JICA MP Reproductive Health Project team comprised of Dr. Yoichi Yamagata, Project Manager; Ms. Mari Tsuda, Project Coordinator; Mr. S. Fareed Uddin, Project Operations Manager and Consultant - TQM; Ms. Richa Som, Consultant- HMIS; Ms. Dimple Save, Capacity Development & Documentation Coordinator; Ms. Rohini, Capacity Development Coordinator; Mr. Kamlesh Mishra, Capacity Development Coordinator; and Mr. Danish Khan, Assistant Manager. The Block Coordinators included Dr. Imteyaz Ahmed (Damoh), Mr. Shahwar Khan (Chhatarpur), Mr. Nilesh Dubey (Nowgaon, Chhatarpur), Mr. Manoj Singh Chouhan (Niwari, Tikamgarh), Mr. Altaf Ali (Jatara, Tikamgarh), Mr. Maroti Lohat (Amanganj, Panna), and Mr. Arif Anees (Sagar).

(For details, see www.jicamprhp.org – Report on National Dissemination Seminar of JICA MP Reproductive Health Project)

 

JICA Consultants oriented the Data Officers of DoHFW on use of GIS (19 – 21 November 2010)

Dr. Yoichi Yamagata showing use of GIS in various programs	Mr. Uday explaining the use of GIS
JICA-MP-RHP - Reproductive Health Project - Mr. Danish Khan, JICA Project presenting the GIS software (left) and solving the queries of participants (right)
Participants making a presentation on the maps prepared by them during the practice session
Mr. Rakesh Munshi interacting with the participants	Mr. Rakesh Munshi giving Certificates to the participants

JICA Project initiated the usage of GIS (Geographical Information System) for displaying selected CEmONC centres and difficult areas, in collaboration with the Maternal Health division of NRHM. A need to institutionalize the usage of GIS by building in house capacities was felt by the Project and the same proposed to
Mr. Rakesh Munshi, Joint Director, NRHM, GoMP, who agreed to have a training of the Data Officers on GIS.

The training on GIS usage was organised by JICA MP RH Project at Crescent Resort & Club, Sehore, from 19 – 21 November 2010. The participants included State Data Analysts and Officers (5); Programmer from RJD office, Sagar; and District Data Analysts (4) from Sagar division.

The Training was facilitated by JICA Consultants, Ms. Richa Som, Consultant- HMIS and Mr. S. Fareed Uddin, Project Operations Manager & Consultant- TQM.

Dr. Yoichi Yamagata, Project Manager, enlightened the trainees with various uses of GIS in other countries from his own experiences.

Mr. Uday Mahesh, from Tecdatum, Hyderabad, was invited by the Project as a Master Trainer. He explained the participants about GIS and its uses giving examples of forestry and other departments.

Mr. Danish Khan from JICA Project took a session on the use of software ArcGIS 9.3, which has been provided by the Project to the State and districts of Sagar division. He also helped the participants during the hands-on practice session.

The participants were also made to present the maps developed by them on the data set of health indicators from the State.

Mr. Rakesh Munshi, Joint Director, NRHM, was present during the concluding session and gave away the certificates of participation to all the trainees.

(For details, see www.jicamprhp.org –Training Report – GIS for Health)

 

JICA team invited for the Partners’ Forum on Women’s and Children’s Health, New Delhi

President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, inaugurates the Partners' Forum

Dr. Yoichi Yamagata, Project Manager; and Mr. S. Fareed Uddin, Project Operations Manager & TQM Consultant, were invited by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India to participate in the Partners’ Forum on Women’s and Children’s Health at the Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, from 13th – 14th November 2010.

The Forum was convened by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and hosted by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. The theme of the Forum was “From Pledges To Actions”. Delegates from about 50 countries participated in this Forum.

At the final Closing Session of the Partners’ Forum in New Delhi, the Partners released the Outcome Document from the PMNCH Partners’ Forum: “From Pledges to Actions and Accountability”.

 

JICA TQM Consultant invited to present a paper at the Asian Network for Quality Congress Delhi 2010

Mr. S. Fareed Uddin making a presentation
Dr. Yoichi Yamagata and Mr. S. Fareed Uddin at the Welcome Reception	Mr. S. Fareed Uddin with Prof. Shoji Shiba during the Welcome Reception
Mr. S. Fareed Uddin & Prof. Anil Shrivastava, Chairperson, ANQ Congress Program Committee at the conference	Mr. S. Fareed Uddin receiving certificate from Prof. Vijay Kapur, Advisor to Vice Chancellor, IGNOU
Mr. S. Fareed Uddin with Prof. Noriaki Kano (left) and Prof. Yoji Akao (right) from Tokyo during the conference

Dr. Yoichi Yamagata, Project Manager; and Mr. S. Fareed Uddin, TQM Consultant and Project Operations Manager, participated in the 8th Annual Conference of the Asian Network for Quality Congress Delhi 2010, from 19th – 22nd October 2010.

Mr. S. Fareed Uddin was invited to present a paper on “Kaizen and 5-S Approach for Scaling Up the TQM Initiatives in Rural Health Centres”. There were over 400 International and National papers presented orally, as well as, through posters during the conference.

Key note addresses by Prof. Noriaki Kano, Tokyo; Prof. Shoji Shiba, Advisor-JICA, Tokyo, Japan, he is also helping Government of India for the Visionary Leaders for Manufacturing (VLFM) Program; and Mr. Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, UID, GoI; were the highlights of the conference.

 

Dr. Kiran Ambwani, Deputy Commissioner (FP), MoHFW, GoI, visits Tikamgarh for the District level planning for MCH centres of Sagar division

Dr. Kiran Ambwani at the District Planning meeting for MCH centres	Dr. Kiran Ambwani interacting with the ANM at SHC Machi, Jatara block, Tikamgarh

Dr. Kiran Ambwani, Deputy Commissioner (FP), MoHFW, GoI, and Dr. Abhilash Malik, NHSRC, New Delhi, visited Tikamgarh and Sagar districts from 12th–13th Oct 2010.
JICA team comprising of Mr. S. Fareed Uddin, TQM Consultant and Project Operations Manager; Ms. Richa Som, HMIS Consultant; and Ms. Mari Tsuda, Project Coordinator, accompanied the GoI team.

The team visited SHC Maachi of Jatara block; and CHC Jatara. Dr. Ambwani was very satisfied with the need based utilization of untied funds for the upgradation and maintenance of CHC Jatara. She specially appreciated the Labour room, New Born Corner and the NRC. The team also observed a Village Health & Nutrition Day (VHND) at village Kelpura of Baldevgarh block. Dr. Ambwani was very appreciative of the way VHND had been organized in the outreach village.

Dr. Ambwani also visited District Hospital, Tikamgarh and appreciated the efforts of the hospital team to cope up with the high load of institutional delivery despite of shortage of human resource. She was highly impressed with the overall layout and upkeep of the District Hospital. She had detailed discussions with the Civil Surgeon-Dr. Sunit Jain; Gynecologist-Dr. Usha Khare; CM&HO-Dr. MK Dixit & the DPM-Mr. Sunil Verma.

Dr. Ambwani had come as a GoI observer in the meeting held on 11th October 2010 for the planning of Maternal & Child (MCH) Centres for Madhya Pradesh, at Bhopal, which was attended by the all the District teams. She showed interest in visiting Tikamgarh District and the JICA Project team took the initiative to facilitate the visit.

Dr. Kiran Ambwani was present during the district level planning meeting for MCH centres on 13th October 2010. JICA Consultants shared the needs of other districts of Sagar division and gave suggestions for incorporation in the next years’ Program Implementation Plan. During the planning meeting, Dr. Ambwani explained the vision of the Ministry and State in a very simple way to the participants and said that the planning was to be done keeping in mind the pregnant women. The MCH centres were identified and their levels were finalized. The GIS maps of the finalized MCH centres in the district were prepared by JICA Project.

 

Dissemination Seminar held to share the findings of the Terminal Evaluation Mission

Dr. Yoichi Yamagata making a presentation	Dr. Thaneswar Bir presenting the findings of the External Evaluation
Mr. S. R. Mohanty, Secretary Health, giving the final remarks	Dr. K.L. Sahu sharing the field experience during the evaluation
Mr. Shohei Hara, Director of South Asia Department, JICA HQ Tokyo, JICA HQ Tokyo (left) and Dr. Akiko Hagiwara, Senior Advisor, JICA HQ Tokyo (right), sharing the findings of the Terminal Evaluation
Dr. B.K. Mishra, CMHO Sagar (left) and Mr. Jaimon Thomas, DPM Damoh (right) sharing their experiences with JICA Project interventions
State Officials, DoHFW, GoMP; JICA Terminal Evaluation Mission and JICA MP RH Project team during the dissemination seminar

A Dissemination Seminar to share the findings and recommendations of the Terminal Evaluation Mission, led by Mr. Shohei Hara, for JICA MP RH Project, was held in Bhopal on 9th September 2010.

The Seminar was chaired by Mr. S.R.Mohanty, Secretary Health, DoHFW, GoMP. The participants included Mr. J.N.Kansotiya, Health Commissioner;
Dr. A.N.Mittal, Director Public Health; Dr. K.L.Sahu, Regional Joint Director, Bhopal and Sagar divisions; and other State Officials from DoHFW. Representatives of Development agencies like MP TAST, UNFPA and NIPI were also present.

The participants from Sagar division included Chief Medical & Health Officers and District Program Managers.

Dr. A.N.Mittal, Director, Public Health, DoHFW, gave the opening remarks.

Dr. Yoichi Yamagata introduced the Term Evaluation Mission to the participants. He presented the position of JICA Project within the NRHM framework and the objectives of the seminar.

Dr. K.L.Sahu shared his experience of the field visit made to the Project area with the Term Evaluation Mission and the impact of the Project interventions. He commented that he has witnessed a remarkable improvement in the quality of services at CHCs in particular.

Mr. Shohei Hara, Director of South Asia Department, JICA HQ Tokyo; and
Dr. Akiko Hagiwara, Senior Advisor on RH, JICA HQ Tokyo presented the findings and recommendations of the Evaluation Mission. Ms. Junko Sato, Consultant, Tac International Tokyo, shared her views on the implementation of the Project activities, observed during the field visit to all the 5 districts of Sagar division.

Dr. Thaneswar Bir, Professor Social Sciences, NIHFW, New Delhi, presented the findings of the External Evaluation of the Project conducted by them. He mentioned that JICA’s approach was totally different and focused on ‘Quality’. He emphasized that JICA was successful in empowering the ANMs as well as in making the community aware about the quality of services.

The participants from Sagar division were asked to share their views about the Project interventions. Dr. Mishra, CMHO Sagar, acknowledged the technical support of the Project for maternity wing organization in the CHCs and PHCs, Bio Medical Waste management in health facilities, improving reporting system and organization of VHND in the field as per the GoI norms. He commented that the partnership with and technical support of JICA would be very beneficial in future also. Mr. Jaimon Thomas, DPM Damoh, shared that the Project had helped to strengthen the health facilities and training in Damoh district. As he commented, “JICA has vaccinated our staff for motivation and initiation. Now it is our responsibility to maintain and sustain it”.

Mr. Rajendra Khare, DPM Chhatarpur; and Dr. Maharaj Singh, DPM Panna, thanked JICA Project for making the specific interventions universal at field level. They requested the Project to provide support to the middle managers also.

Mr. S. R. Mohanty, Secretary Health commented that, “GoI and GoMP has a fixation in achieving quantitative improvement, but there is a difference in JICA’s work. JICA has gone for quality improvement without bothering much about quantity. We deeply appreciate that. JICA has worked with the ANMs who are the least sensational part of the health system. They are the unsung heroes of the department, who keep on working without complaining. Our results are based on their knowledge, capacity and empowerment. This is where JICA has excelled. We will definitely apply the learnings of the project in other parts of the State”.

Mr. S. Fareed Uddin, Project Operations Manager and TQM Consultant, gave the vote of thanks.

The film titled, “Role of Nurses / Midwives in Rural India for Safe Motherhood: JICA MP RH Project” prepared by the Multi Media team from Japan was exhibited towards the end of the seminar.

 

Joint Review Meeting of JICA Project held on 8th September 2010

Mr. Mahendra Hardia, State Minister for H&FW and Mr. S. R. Mohanty, Secretary Health, discussing with Dr. Akiko Hagiwara	Mr. S. R. Mohanty, Secretary Health, discussing with the Terminal Evaluation Mission
Mr. Shohei Hara, JICA HQ Tokyo (left) and Mr. J. N. Kansotiya, Health Commissioner, DoHFW, GoMP (right) after signing the minutes of the Joint Review Meeting

The Terminal Evaluation Mission led by Mr. Shohei Hara, Director of South Asia Department, JICA HQ Tokyo, visited Madhya Pradesh from 23rd August – 9th September 2010, for reviewing the achievements and impacts of the Project before the closure of Phase II in January 2011. Dr. Akiko Hagiwara, Senior Advisor for RH, JICA HQ Tokyo; Ms. Junko Sato, Consultant, Tac International Tokyo; and Ms. Makiko Konohara, Project Formulation Advisor, JICA India Office, New Delhi, were the members of the Mission.

The Evaulation Mission had individual meetings with the State Officials as well as the Development Partners in the State.

The Joint Review Meeting was held on 8th September 2010, at the NRHM building, Bhopal.

Dr. Yoichi Yamagata, Project Manager, made a presentation on the Project’s positioning within the NRHM framework

Mr. Hara commented, “JICA’s role would be to make the policy makers aware about the field reality. We are here to make the NRHM vision into a reality in the field by creating models and making suggestions to the policy makers. The methodology established by the Project could be absorbed by the Department and spread to other districts. The uniqueness of the Project has been to focus on the frontline workers (with special focus on ANMs). The achievements of the Project could be scaled up in the entire State by the Department”. In order to stress JICA’s policy of Technical Cooperation (working with) rather than Technical Assistance (working for), Mr. Hara added, “We are here, not for you, but to be with you”.

Dr. Archana Mishra thanked the Project for being associated with NRHM since its beginning. She appreciated the Project’s support for improving Maternal Health services at facility as well as community level. She also appreciated the support provided by the Project in improving the quality of SBA training and on the job coaching in Sagar division through the use of toolkit, evidence based protocols and Illustrated Guidelines for maternity wing organisation. She made a special mention of support through the use of GIS for FRU and MCH centre tracking.

The Secretary added that the comments by Dr. Archana Mishra actually reflected the feeling of the Department for JICA Project. He accepted that Sagar division is one of the most difficult areas in the State with the health indicators even worse than some of the tribal districts in the State. He appreciated JICA for choosing Sagar division as their intervention area and stated that they would definitely take the precious learnings of the Project and apply them in other parts of the State.

Towards the end of the meeting, Mr. Mahendra Hardia, State Minister for Health & Family Welfare, came to the venue of the JRM, where he was apprised of the review meeting by the Secretary Health.

Following the review, the Minutes of the Meeting was signed between the Japanese Terminal Evaluation Mission and the Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh.

 

 

JICA TQM Consultant presented a poster at the Global Maternal Health Conference

JICA Poster presented at the Conference
Mr. S. Fareed Uddin explaining the poster to the Director, Health Services, Uganda	Mr. S. Fareed Uddin attending a technical session during the Conference
Delegates at the Conference viewing JICA Poster

The Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) and Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) organised the Global Maternal Health Conference from 30th August –
1st September 2010 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The aim of the conference was to build on the existing momentum around the MDG 5 to coalesce and catalyze the maternal health field.

A paper titled, “Strengthening Maternal Health Services in Rural Areas” by the TQM Consultant, JICA Project, was selected for poster presentation at the Conference.

A presentation on “Successful Referral Transport for pregnant women in Madhya Pradesh” was made by Dr. Archana Mishra, Deputy Director, Maternal Health, DoHFW, GoMP. Other Government Health Officials from Madhya Pradesh also attended the Conference.

 

Madhya Pradesh becomes the first State to start the Public Health Management course at State owned Health Institute (SIHMC), Gwalior

Dr. Manohar Agnani, Mission Director, NRHM, delivering a speech
Participants at the inaugural function

Dr. Manohar Agnani, IAS, Mission Director NRHM, inaugurated the first batch of the Public Health Management course on 17th August 2010 at the State Institute of Health Management & Communication (SIHMC), Gwalior, in collaboration with the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI).

With the launch of this course, Madhya Pradesh becomes the first State to have this course in a state-owned institute. The course has been designed by PHFI and the certificate that would be issued by PHFI has the approval from the Government of India.

Apart from the in-service Medical Officers, there few reserved seats for the nursing staff, private doctors, NGO representatives and officials from other departments like DWCD etc.

Dr. S. K. Shrivastava is the Coordinator of this course at Gwalior. He informed that more courses for different cadres are being designed and would be introduced shortly.

Dr. Yoichi Yamagata, Project Manager; and Mr. S. Fareed Uddin, TQM Consultant and Project Operations Manager, attended the inaugural function.

A number of officials from the Directorate of Health & Family Welfare and NRHM State Consultants were present on this occasion. Dr. P. R. Deo, State Representative, UNFPA, was also present.

 

 

JICA TQM Consultant invited to present paper at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie

Mr. S. Fareed Uddin, Project Operations Manager and Consultant TQM, was invited by the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, on 14th June 2010, to present the highlights of the paper titled, ‘TQM Initiatives in Rural Health Centres’, which was published in the Service Quality Journal of LBSNAA, September 2009.

This presentation was to be made in front of the Committee to select the papers for presentation during the 8th Asian Network Quality (ANQ) Congress Annual Conference to be held in October 2010 in New Delhi, which is being jointly organized by Indian Society for Quality (ISQ) and Quality Council of India (QCI).

Quality Management in Health Care is one of the seven streams selected for the above mentioned conference.

 

 

Chief Representative, JICA India Office visited Project site

Mr. Shinichi Yamanaka interacting with staff of CHC Tendukheda	Dr. Gupta, BMO, showing the PNC ward to Mr. Yamanaka
Dr. Yamagata explaining the Project interventions at CHC Tendukheda deep burial pits	Dr. Gupta, BMO Tendukheda, explaining the process of waste disposal through

Damoh

Mr. Shinichi Yamanaka, Chief Representative, and Ms. Makiko Konohara, Program Specialist, JICA India Office visited JICA Project site on 15th June 2010. Dr. Yoichi Yamagata, Project Manager; Ms. Mari Tsuda, Project Coordinator; and Mr. S. Fareed Uddin, Project Operations Manager and Consultant TQM, accompanied them.

Mr. Yamanaka visited CHC Tendukheda of Damoh district. Dr. K.K. Tamrakar, Regional Joint Director, Sagar division; Dr. A.K. Shrivastava, CMHO, Damoh; and Mr. Jaimon Thomas, District Program Manager (DPM), Damoh, were also present.

The team then visited SHC Taradehi in Tendukheda block. This SHC has been identified for conducting deliveries, and since August 2009, over 200 deliveries have been conducted.

Mr. Jaimon Thomas, DPM, explaining the mapping of villages at SHC Taradehi	Mr. Jaimon Thomas, DPM, sharing the progress of SHC Taradehi with Mr. Yamanaka

The team also visited village Bamhori (population – 1300) under SHC Taradehi, located at a distance of 4 km, to observe Village Health & Nutrition Day (VHND). The VHND was being conducted in a very organized manner. The service providers (ANM, MPWm, ASHA, AWW, AWH) of both the departments i.e. Health and ICDS, were present at the VHND venue and were providing relevant services. The Regional Joint Director and CMHO informed about the Supplementary Nutrition being provided to the women and children at the Anganwadi Centres. Dr. Yamanaka inquired about the types of medicines being distributed at the VHND site, to which the BMO informed that medicines for general ailments were provided here and slides for malaria detection were also prepared.

Village Health & Nutrition Day in progress at village Bamhori under SHC Taradehi
Dr. K.K. Tamrakar showing the Supplementary Nutrition packet to Mr. Yamanaka	Mr. S. Fareed Uddin explaining the Maternal Health Card developed by the Project

Mr. Yamanaka, accompanied by the team visited the District Training Centre, Damoh, to observe the ongoing SBA training. He interacted with the Tutors (Dr. Bajaj, Dr. Shraddha Gangele and Sister Jasmine) and the participants. A detailed discussion regarding inputs and progress of JICA Project in Damoh district and future plans was held with the CMHO and the DPM.

Mr. Yamanaka interacting with the tutors and participants during the SBA training	Ms. Kana Shimoda, JOCV, explaining the tools developed by the Project being used during the SBA training
Dr. K.K. Tamrakar, RJD, Sagar division, sharing the impact of Project interventions with Mr. Shinichi Yamanaka

In Sagar, the JICA Officials had a meeting with Dr. K.K. Tamrakar, Regional Joint Director, Sagar division; Dr. B.K. Mishra, CMHO Sagar; and Mr. Kapil Dev Parashar, DPM, Sagar, about the progress of JICA Project interventions in Sagar district.

 

JICA Consultant nominated by DoHFW, GOMP, for Training of Master Trainers on BEmONC at New Delhi

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and NIHFW, in collaboration with Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), UK, and Royal College of Gynecologists (RCOG), UK, with support from DFID UK and India, developed a Two Days Foundation Course for re-orientation of Medical Officers in Basic Essential Obstetric Care (BEmONC) for service providers at the BEmONC facility. The TOT of Master Trainers was held from 24th May to 3rd June 2010 at NIHFW, New Delhi.

Madhya Pradesh is one of the 7 states selected for this pilot. The DoHFW, GoMP, nominated the following as Master Trainers from the State:

• Dr. B.Bhardwaj, Ex HOD, Department of Obs/Gynec, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal
• 2. Dr. Bhushan Shrivastava, Deputy Director (Family Planning), DHS, Bhopal
• Dr. Basanti Sahu, Gynecologist, JP Hospital, Bhopal
• Dr. Aboli Gore, Consultant HRM, JICA/MP-RHP

The team from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine comprised of Dr. Emma Hulme and Ms. Joanne Ravea (Course Directors); Mr. Kristian Godfrex, Course Administrator; and Dr. Olive Frost.

The program schedule for 10 days included Training of Trainers on the Foundation Course; TOT for actual training and facilitation techniques; Preparation of Training Site; and Training of participants from various districts by the Master Trainers. About 200 participants attended the training in 9 batches.

 

JICA TQM Consultant invited for World Pollution Day Celebrations

Dr. Majid Qureshi and Dr. Sufi, Jr. Scientist, MPPCB, RO, Bhopal explaining the use of colour coded bins for waste seggregation	Mr. S. Fareed Uddin explaining the specification of the deep burial pit
Mr. S. Fareed Uddin answering to the queries from the participants

The MP Pollution Control Board, Regional Office, Bhopal organised an Exhibition on the occasion of World Pollution Day Celebrations on 5th June 2010 at Jawahar Bal Bhawan, Bhopal. A display of Posters and machines for dust and sound pollution assessment and a painting competition for the children on awareness on pollution was organised. About 70 children upto the age of 12 years participated.

MPPCB requested JICA Project to provide the Model of coloured Bins for segregation of
Bio Medical Waste and Deep Burial Pit alongwith the Posters and Stickers developed by the Project. A separate corner was assigned for the Project Material display.

The MPPCB officials very actively explained the concept of BMW management through models and utility of the Project material.

Presence of a large gathering was evidence of public interest on pollution awareness.

 

State Health Official observes Village Health & Nutrition Day in Project area

Dr. Dhanila Narayan checking the records of the ANM during VHND	Dr. Dhanila Narayan discussing with JICA Consultants

Dr. Dhanila Narayan, Deputy Director, IEC & Training, DoHFW, GoMP, visited Damoh district from 17th – 18th May 2010. She was accompanied by Dr. Aboli Gore, Consultant HRM; and Mr. S. Fareed Uddin, Project Operations Manager and Consultant TQM, along with Mr. Jaimon Thomas, District Program Manager (DPM), Damoh, to village Patloni (population - 3276) of Tendukheda block to observe the Village Health & Nutrition Day (VHND). She appreciated the organized VHND session and also praised the Project’s Technical Cooperation for such sessions in the Project area.

She also visited and appreciated the SBA training being held at the District Hospital and praised the training materials, especially the ANC and PNC posters.

During her visit, she also visited a very remote PHC without a doctor and only 2 ANMs conducting over 300 deliveries annually. She checked the records and registers which were properly maintained. The labour room was well organized. She also interacted with a lady who had delivered a couple of hours before her visit and other in-patients in the PHC.

She then visited CHC Tendukheda and observed the well organized maternity wing and appreciated the Bio Medical Waste (BMW) management being practiced as per the MPPCB norms, due to the technical inputs from JICA Project in entire Sagar division.

During the discussion with the DPM, she was informed that JICA Project has provided good support in facility and maternity wing organization, BMW management, Reporting formats and Data Validation, SBA training, VHND organization. She was also informed that the orientation of BPMs by the Project has been very effective in carrying out the activities in the district.