Family and Child Welfare

Family and Child Welfare 3 (3+0)

Lesson 2 : Programmes for Family and child Welfare

Welfare programmes for family

Different Programmes for welfare of the family includes

1. National Family Welfare Programme
   India launched the National Family Welfare Programme in 1951 with the objective of "reducing the birth rate to the extent necessary to stabilize the population at a level consistent with the requirement of the National economy. The Family Welfare Programme in India is recognized as a priority area, and is being implemented as a 100% centrally sponsored programme.


2. National Population Policy
   The National Population Policy, 2000 affirms the commitment of government towards voluntary and informed choice and consent of citizens while availing of reproductive health care services and continuation of the target free approach in administering family planning services.


3. National Rural Health Mission
   The National Rural Health Mission (2005-12) seeks to provide effective healthcare to rural population throughout the country with special focus on 18 states, which have weak public health indicators and/or weak infrastructure. The mission aims at effective integration of health concerns with determinants of health like sanitation and hygiene, nutrition and safe drinking water through a District Plan for Health.


4. Urban Family Welfare Schemes
   This Scheme was introduced following the recommendation of the Krishnan Committee in 1983. The main focus was to provide services through setting up of Health Posts mainly in slum areas. The services provided are mainly outreach of RCH services, preventive services, First Aid and referral services including distribution of contraceptives.


5. Sterilization Beds Scheme
   A Scheme for reservation of Sterilization beds in Hospital run by Government, Local Bodies and Voluntary Organizations was introduced as early as in the year 1964 in order to provide immediate facilities for tubectomy operations in hospitals where such cases could not be admitted due to lack of beds etc. But later with the introduction of the Post Partum Programme some of the beds were transferred to Post Partum Programme and thereafter the beds were only sanctioned to hospitals sun by Local Bodies and Voluntary Organizations.


6. Reproductive and Child Health Programme
   The Reproductive and Child Health Programme was launched in October 1997 incorporating new approach to population and development issues, as exposed in the International Conference in Population and Development held at Cairo in 1994.The programme integrated and strengthened in services/interventions under the Child Survival and Safe Motherhood Programme and Family Planning Services and added to the basket of services, new areas on Reproductive Tract/Sexually Transmitted infections (RTI/STI).