India: Reproductive & Child Health Second Phase

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The Second Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Project for India will help reduce maternal and child mortality and morbidity, lower fertility and the rate of population growth through expanding the use of essential RCH services. The project consists of the following components. Component 1: will comprise two sub-components: Sub-Component 1.1: activities administered by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) will include several categories of activities/sub-programs, the responsibility for which will mainly rest with the MOHFW. Sub-Component I.2: innovative and developmental activities in state program implementation plans (SPIPs) will include all the innovative and developmental RCH-related activities that the states and territories are formulating and incorporating in their SPIPs. Component 2: Technical Assistance, Monitoring and Evaluation will comprise two sub-components which will be implemented by the MOHFW in close cooperation with the states: for technical assistance in order to provide a well-coordinated, effective and timely technical assistance to the states during implementation of the RCH Program Second Phase, MOHFW has established a National Health Systems Resource Center (NHSRC). An advisory committee comprising representatives of MOHFW and the Development Partners (DPs) has been established to harmonize technical assistance (TA) contracting procedures and evolve rules of business for the NHSRC. Reliable monitoring and evaluation (M&E) arrangements will be needed to provide baseline values and to track the progress towards achievement of the targets for the Results Indicators, and for any other indicators states may choose to track in addition to the results indicators.