Projects
The Sanstha has received funding from the central and state governments, bilateral and multilateral agencies as well as private international and national donors. Most of the projects are innovative and many have been upscaled in the country and abroad. This includes branded social marketing, social marketing of clinical services, working with adolescents and youth on sexual reproductive health etc. With an inherent discipline and expertise, the organization has had the strength to financially sustain most projects on its own after project funding ceased. Some of the recent important projects include:
Social Marketing :II Supported by KfW, this project was implemented during 2003-2008 in the states of West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh. This included work in the entire state as well as intensified programming in selected districts and had 3 major components- behaviour change communication and an enhanced distribution of condoms and OCP as a family planning method, prevention of HIV/AIDS using condoms and a pilot project on contraceptive injectables using the franchised route. This project is still continuing and is now being partly funded by NACO
An Innovative FP Service Delivery Programme for Improving Maternal and Child Health using Social Marketing Approach This initial project was funded by KfW during 1999-2002 in the states of Rajasthan, West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh. Phase II was a continuation and a modification of this project. This project helped to increase the availability of Sanstha’s branded condoms and OCPs, especially in rural areas through different promotional and distribution strategies.
Orissa Urban Reproductive Health Project: A state wide comprehensive reproductive health project was successfully implemented in Orissa during 1997-2003, with support from the Government of Orissa. DfID, UK under the bilateral agreement with the Government of India.The project had several multi pronged strategies such as RH clinics for women, contraceptive social marketing, community based distribution, RH education and training, state wide promotional campaign and innovative “Purush” clinics for men. We have sustained most of the components till date.
Project to improve Reproductive Health in all 32 Districts of Rajasthan: Parivar Seva during 2000-2007 was funded by an institutional donor from the USA to substantially expand its presence in Rajasthan though this project. Under the project 7 additional Hub clinics, supported by 20 spoke centers were set up to serve the rural areas to cover all the districts in the state with clinical services. In addition, the contraceptive social marketing programme of the Sanstha was strengthened in the entire state along with setting up of innovative information, education, communication and training programmes. Despite cessation of funding, the project was successful. Parivar Seva continues to operate most components, though at reduced scale.
Implementation of the Public- Private Partnership (PPP) Model for STI/ RTI services: This project, covering several districts in two zones was awarded by National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) in April 2008. The project uses franchised route in partnership with allopathic and AYUSH doctors for management of RTI/STI and referrals for HIV/AIDS. Parivar Seva will also socially market branded treatment kits as well as its branded condoms under the project.