National Consultation on the Role of Dais in the National Rural Health Mission

Advisory Group on Community Action, Dai Sangathan Gujarat, Population Foundation of India and the Centre for Health and Social Justice came together to organize a national consultation on the role of dais in the NRHM on 1st – 2nd May, 2008 in New Delhi. The core objectives of the consultation were:

To review the role of the Traditional Birth Attendant – Dai in the context of safe delivery and reduction of maternal mortality and morbidity in the context of current NRHM initiatives and experiences in both the high and low focus states.
To obtain greater clarity and develop a consensus on the role of the Traditional Birth Attendant – Dai in the context of Maternal and Child Health Care today and
To develop recommendations for incorporating a creative role for TBA-Dais within NRHM for serving broader NRHM objectives relating to maternal and child health outcomes and communitization.

The following themes were under focus at the consultation:

TBAs as MCH care-givers
TBAs in childbirth—the continuity of care (home births and institutional care, referral care)
TBAs in the larger spectrum of health care givers—i.e. their broader role as frontline health service providers at the local level
TBA – ASHA role conflict
Mobilizing and Empowering Dai

The consultation was well attended by a diverse group of participants from 10 states, which included Dais themselves, NGOs working with Dais and maternal and child health issues, donors and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. At the end of the 2 day event, concrete recommendations were made to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and different donor organizations present.


Concept Note	downloads: 86 \| type: doc \| size: 45 kB

Literature Review	downloads: 50 \| type: doc \| size: 44 kB

Press Note	downloads: 66 \| type: pdf \| size: 107 kB

Media Coverage

Articles on Dai Consultation	downloads: 44 \| type: doc \| size: 30 kB

Asian Age overview	downloads: 46 \| type: doc \| size: 27 kB

Presentations

Gujarat Experience - Deepak Foundation	downloads: 44 \| type: \| size: 4 kB

More on Dais - Sarah Pinto	downloads: 45 \| type: doc \| size: 38 kB

The SEWA rural experience	downloads: 44 \| type: ppt \| size: 365 kB

Expanding the role of TBAs in NRHM	downloads: 45 \| type: ppt \| size: 94 kB

Dai Ma's Contribution	downloads: 42 \| type: ppt \| size: 6 MB

Dai Presentation - MP	downloads: 44 \| type: ppt \| size: 64 kB

TBA - West Bengal EXperience	downloads: 47 \| type: ppt \| size: 828 kB

TBA - Gujarat Experience	downloads: 41 \| type: ppt \| size: 5 MB

Secondary Data

Institutional births in eight states	downloads: 42 \| type: doc \| size: 30 kB

Current Fact Sheets	downloads: 39 \| type: doc \| size: 105 kB