Strategic Purchasing of Family Planning Services from Private Sector Providers by the Government of India: A Model of Accelerating Universal Health Coverage

This poster focuses on increasing access to quality family planning services to urban poor through the strategic purchase of FP services through private providers.

The overall approach was to enable the public system to own, manage, monitor and finance the accredited private providers to deliver equitable access to family planning services. Population Services International (PSI) developed a single window, web-based interface to facilitate private provider accreditation, empanelment, and reimbursement by the government to the individual private provider in the network.

Overall, it resulted in policy shifts – the first time introduction of life time empanelment of private providers by the government, increased accreditation validity from 1 to 5 years for private clinics, and established a centralized payment disbursement mechanism from the earlier system of district level payments. It improved efficiencies of the management of the public private partnerships scheme and achieved scale, coverage and impact.

Source: Population Services International

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Suaahara Earthquake Health Awareness Poster

Suaahara was a five year (2011-2016) project funded by USAID aimed to improve the nutritional status of women and children in 41 districts of Nepal. The project focused on improving health and nutrition behaviors at the household level through promotion of Essential Nutrition and Hygiene Actions (EN/HA), particularly Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN), and addressing other determinants of under-nutrition, such as availability of and access to food, hygiene, quality of health care, child spacing and socio-cultural factors including gender and marginalization.

Suaahara was implemented by a consortium of partner organizations led by Save the Children.

Suaahara developed this Earthquake Health Awareness poster to support the emergency activities with breastfeeding and health, hygiene and sanitation messages. The messages are – health and hygiene after post-earthquake communicable diseases and preventive methods of handwashing with soap and water, exclusive breastfeeding for infants, give ORS and Zinc Tablet for a baby who suffers from diarrhea, immediately take baby to the health facility if any complications are seen and always drink boiled water.

The poster was designed to be kept in the temporary shelters and massively distributed in the 10 earthquake affected districts.

Source: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/ Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Suaahara Family Planning Posters

Suaahara is an integrated nutrition project that works in 41 underserved districts in Nepal to improve the health and well-being of the Nepali people by focusing on the nutritional status of women and children under-two years of age. Suaahara means good nutrition, or “a good balanced diet is the strong foundation protecting our lives.”

These posters were produced as part of the project.

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Suaahara Family Planning Posters/Brochures

Suaahara was a five year (2011-2016) project funded by USAID aimed to improve the nutritional status of women and children in 41 districts of Nepal. The project focused on improving health and nutrition behaviors at the household level through promotion of Essential Nutrition and Hygiene Actions (EN/HA), particularly Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN), and addressing other determinants of under-nutrition, such as availability of and access to food, hygiene, quality of health care, child spacing and socio-cultural factors including gender and marginalization.

Suaahara was implemented by a consortium of partner organizations led by Save the Children.

The SBCC strategy established an internal quality materials review and production system to ensure that all partners in the consortium had mutually reinforcing, quality materials developed, pretested, produced and disseminated to the end user.

Suaahara Family Planning Posters/Brochures/Flex

In the year 2013, Suaahara developed this Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy Posters and Brochures with communication input from SBCC team and technical input from Health Promotion team emphasizes increased knowledge on HTSP and utilization of FP services on time for birth spacing. There is an issue that 1000 day mothers and their husbands do not think about birth spacing, they are not aware about the FP methods for Spacing. They do not know the appropriate time and methods to use for birth spacing.

To address this issue, 1000 days mother and their husband as primary audience and Adolescent and family members as secondary audiences, Suaahara developed these family planning related posters and brochures with the objectives:

  • Help women or couples start thinking of HTSP and her FP options while she’s pregnant.
  • Help couples choose an appropriate family planning method.
  • To encourage breastfeeding as one of the methods of birth spacing.

Following are the list of FP related materials developed by Suaahara:

  • Poster on Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy (HTSP) – “When to be pregnant?”
  • Poster on HTSP counseling at health facility
  • Brochure on Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy
  • Inform Choice Poster (Flex)

In the year 2014, these posters and brochures were rebranded as guided by “Bhanchhin Aama” campaign and some posters were redeveloped with modification and disseminated in all public places in Suaahara implementing districts through local NGO partners throughout the project period.

Source: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/ Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Suaahara Food, Farming, and Feeding Materials

Suaahara is an integrated nutrition project that works in 41 underserved districts in Nepal to improve the health and well-being of the Nepali people by focusing on the nutritional status of women and children under-two years of age. Suaahara means good nutrition, or “a good balanced diet is the strong foundation protecting our lives.”

These posters and ohter materials focus on feeding practices, food preparation, and farming.

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Suaahara Home Stead Food Production (HFP) Brochures/ Posters/Job Aids

Suaahara was a five year (2011-2016) project funded by USAID aimed to improve the nutritional status of women and children in 41 districts of Nepal. The project focused on improving health and nutrition behaviors at the household level through promotion of Essential Nutrition and Hygiene Actions (EN/HA), particularly Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN), and addressing other determinants of under-nutrition, such as availability of and access to food, hygiene, quality of health care, child spacing and socio-cultural factors including gender and marginalization.

Suaahara was implemented by a consortium of partner organizations led by Save the Children.

The SBCC strategy established an internal quality materials review and production system to ensure that all partners in the consortium had mutually reinforcing, quality materials developed, pretested, produced and disseminated to the end user.

In 2013, Suaahara developed various HFP related brochures, posters, job aids etc. with communication input from SBCC team in-coordination with thematic partner Helen Killer International with their technical inputs emphasizes the key message “diversify nutrient dense vegetables in your homestead garden throughout the year”. The main objective of developing these materials are to increase vegetable diversity, to maximize vegetable production from same area/piece of land and to increase household’s access to diverse vegetables.

In the year 2014, these materials were rebranded as guided by “Bhanchhin Aama” campaign and disseminated in all public places in Suaahara implementing districts through local NGO partners throughout the project period. Required number of materials were sent to Suaahara district office/PNGO and Field Supervisors distributed these materials at their supervision areas by orienting the HFPB group leaders/VMFs about how to use these materials.

Home stead food production materials are as below:

  • Brochure on Garden to Plate-Helen Sweet Potato
  • Brochure on Garden to Plate-Kangkong
  • Poster on Bio Security
  • Poster on Bird Flu
  • Poster on Method of making Intensive Coop
  • HFP Job Aids for Nutrition Consumer Group and Village Model Farmers

The objective of developing and producing these HFP materials are to sensitize community about necessity of building coop for chicken and to improve household poultry rearing practices.

Source: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/ Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Suaahara Hygiene Posters

Suaahara is an integrated nutrition project that works in 41 underserved districts in Nepal to improve the health and well-being of the Nepali people by focusing on the nutritional status of women and children under-two years of age. Suaahara means good nutrition, or “a good balanced diet is the strong foundation protecting our lives.”

These posters emphasize hygiene needs around the home.

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Suaahara Posters on 7 Key Messages

Suaahara was a five year (2011-2016) project funded by USAID aimed to improve the nutritional status of women and children in 41 districts of Nepal. The project focused on improving health and nutrition behaviors at the household level through promotion of Essential Nutrition and Hygiene Actions (EN/HA), particularly Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN), and addressing other determinants of under-nutrition, such as availability of and access to food, hygiene, quality of health care, child spacing and socio-cultural factors including gender and marginalization.

The SBCC strategy established an internal quality materials review and production system to ensure that all partners in the consortium had mutually reinforcing, quality materials developed, pretested, produced and disseminated to the end user.

Suaahara Posters on 7 key messages

Suaahara posters were developed on the seven (7) key messages as following:

  1. Hand washing at critical times
  2. Dispose child feces in toilet
  3. How to keep baby away from dirt
  4. Extra Meal for Pregnant and Lactating Women
  5. Complementary Food
  6. Feeding Sick Child
  7. Birth spacing

In the year 2014, these posters were developed, produced and disseminated in the Suaahara implementing districts through local NGOs partners. The same poster adapted to hoarding board and placed various public places of the districts.

Source: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/ Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Suaahara Technical Posters (Fact Sheets)

Suaahara was a five year (2011-2016) project funded by USAID aimed to improve the nutritional status of women and children in 41 districts of Nepal. The project focused on improving health and nutrition behaviors at the household level through promotion of Essential Nutrition and Hygiene Actions (EN/HA), particularly Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN), and addressing other determinants of under-nutrition, such as availability of and access to food, hygiene, quality of health care, child spacing and socio-cultural factors including gender and marginalization.

Suaahara was implemented by a consortium of partner organizations led by Save the Children.

The innovations and lessons learned from this uniquely integrated program was shared and distributed in an International Conference. The following technical posters / fact sheets were distributed at the conference – all of the fact sheets are combined in one PDF attached to this page:

  1. Social Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) to improve nutrition for 1000-day families
  2. Closing Social Equity Gaps in Nutrition in Nepal
  3. Multi-sectorial Nutrition Interventions: Improving Household-Level Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Practices
  4. Improving Local Governance for Effective Nutrition in Nepal
  5. Using Smartphone for Nutrition: Household-Level Counseling and Monitoring

Source: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/ Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

Suaahara Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Posters -Version 2

Suaahara was a five year (2011-2016) project funded by USAID aimed to improve the nutritional status of women and children in 41 districts of Nepal. The project focused on improving health and nutrition behaviors at the household level through promotion of Essential Nutrition and Hygiene Actions (EN/HA), particularly Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN), and addressing other determinants of under-nutrition, such as availability of and access to food, hygiene, quality of health care, child spacing and socio-cultural factors including gender and marginalization.

Suaahara was implemented by a consortium of partner organizations led by Save the Children.

The SBCC strategy established an internal quality materials review and production system to ensure that all partners in the consortium had mutually reinforcing, quality materials developed, pretested, produced and disseminated to the end user. Suaahara developed these water, sanitation and hygiene posters as training aids

They include:

  • Hand washing at critical times saves from diarrhea, typhoid etc.
  • Keep clean and safe starting from water resources to protect from diarrhea and typhoid
  • Keep tube well and its surroundings clean and safe to protect from diarrhea and typhoid
  • For healthy and pride, keep your home yard neat, clean and well managed.
  • Let’s make kitchen neat, clean and well managed to protect from diarrhea and typhoid
  • Give attention to personal hygiene and be healthy
  • Drink only purified Water adopting any water purification method

These posters were produced and distributed through training and local NGO partners disseminated in all public places in Suaahara implementing districts throughout the project period with reprinting of the materials as demanded from the field.

Source: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/ Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019