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Sambhav: Vouchers make high-quality reproductive health services possible for India's poor


Monday, November 4, 2013 : 5:20 p.m. - 5:50 p.m.

Heer Chokshi, Ms, Communication and Program Development, Futures Group International India, Gurgaon, India
This documentary documents the best practices, lessons learned and recommendations developed over the course of the USAID funded ITAP's work in Sambhav Voucher Scheme: Demand-side financing in India to reduce inequities in reproductive healthcare by enabling access to services, while empowering the below poverty line population to choose their own provider. The film highlights the achievements of numerous state and district partners who played an integral role in the design and implementation of the family planning and reproductive and child health programs.

Highlights: - Four Sambhav voucher pilot programs covered 11 rural blocks in three districts and 368 urban slums in one city - Increased coverage of the scaled-up Sambhav Voucher System in Uttarakhand from 0.15 million in two pilot blocks to 2.58 million poor across the state - Uttar Pradesh scaled up the urban slum voucher system from 368 slums in one city to 1562 slums in five cities

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNfAxET-yKU Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXlhOjNVAX8

Learning Areas:

Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Program planning
Provision of health care to the public
Public health administration or related administration
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Describe and demonstrate the model, processes involved, challenges and lessons learnt in piloting, implementing and scaling up the public- private partnership model of Voucher Scheme in India, under the Innovations in Family Planning Services (IFPS) Technical Assistance Project.

Keyword(s): Public/Private Partnerships, Maternal and Child Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a Behavior Change Communication expert with over 12 years of experience working in the development sector designing and managing, strategic, evidence-based, multi-channel strategic communication and advocacy programs in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, state governments, development partners, donors and other stakeholders on maternal, adolescent and child health and family planning. I have designed and executed multiple campaigns for marketing, advocacy, brand building and behavior change.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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