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HBP Bihar-Jharkhand Annual Report 2005 - Page 1 |
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Page 1 of 13 1. Introduction: The HBP program is currently active in 9 blocks of Bihar and 2 blocks of Jharkhand and has been mostly focused on children and women health. The main aim of this program is to bring about a significant and measurable change in the health status of women and children and to improve the utilization and quality of government health services.
2. Goals of the Hundred Block Plan program
1.1. Measurably improve the health status of women and children.
1.2. Improve utilization of existing government health services.
1.3. Restructure and redesign government health services and programmes to make it effectively reach the poorest.
1.4. Educate people on health, nutrition and sanitation.
1.5. Create a community health worker and a team of health activists in every village who can locally plan for health needs of the village.
1.6. Make people see that the struggle for health is a part of the larger struggle for social change and equality – for without these changes a truly healthy life is not possible.
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