Urban Health, Nutrition and Population Project

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The project is being implemented in selected city corporations, ach of which present differing contexts (notably the relative HNP service delivery capacities of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the City Corporations), requiring flexibility in strategies and implementation mechanisms. The project encompasses two components as follows:Component 1. Improve urban primary and a limited set of inpatient HNP services: This component supports the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) in improving the delivery of primary as well as a selected set of inpatient HNP services in targeted urban areas through investments in existing platforms, expansion of services, and innovation. The project is supporting improved delivery of the MoHFW’s Essential Services Package, including not only the maternal and child health and infectious disease services that are currently provided by MoHFW services nationally, but also expanded services for diagnosis, referral and management of non-communicable diseases. Nutrition counselling and growth monitoring services delivered through the health system will be developed, along with community outreach and behavior change communication.Component 2. Improve public health services. This component is supporting the Local Government Division (LGD) in development and implementation of a comprehensive strategy for management of infectious disease outbreaks in urban areas, notably requiring mechanisms for close collaboration between the City Corporations, the MoHFW and the LGD. Areas of interventions include: vector (mosquito) management to deal with disease outbreaks, disease surveillance systems, and outbreak response capacities. Other environmental health and preventive services will include medical waste management, behavior change communication, tackling air and sound pollution.