Kolkata for Mother andChild : A Case Study

Duza, M. Badrud ; Ramana, G. N. V. ; Chowdhury, Sanchita

Washington, DC:World Bank

关键词: ADOLESCENT BOYS;    ADOLESCENT GIRLS;    AGE AT MARRIAGE;    AILMENTS;    ARCHITECTS;   

RP-ID  :  73353

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This is a documentation of effectivepartnership that helped to improve Reproductive and ChildHealth (RCH) outcomes for the urban poor in Kolkata, India.This partnership was supported by the IDA financed (US$ 71.4million) Family Welfare Urban Slums Project. The KolkataMetropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) implemented theproject using a Credit of about US$17 million. A total of3.8 million urban poor (family income less than US$ 32 permonth) from three municipal corporations (Howrah and ChandanNagar, and part of Kolkata), and 37 smaller municipalitiesbenefited from this partnership. The project provided basiccommunity outreach, as well as facility based Reproductiveand Child Health (RCH) services, including counseling to theurban poor. Subsequently, nonbeneficiaries (above povertyline) also received services on payment of costs atlower-than-market rate. This model has subsequently beenextended to 20 more cities in the state of West Bengal withsupport from the Department for International Development(DFID) and IDA.