Directorate of Family Welfare was established in Delhi under Delhi Administration in October 1966 to provide legal-ship, provision and cc-ordination of Family Welfare activity implemented by various agencies The population of Delhi as per 1991 census is 93,70,472 with decimal growth rate of 5064. This Increase in population has given rise to a couple of problems. Hence, there exist the necessity of making small family norms, a way of life among the younger couples. In this context, the role of Directorate of Family Welfare is very vital The responsibility of the Directorate of Family Welfare is to generate demand for Family Welfare services by education and motivation on population by involving of sector of society in the programme.
Major Services rendered in the National Capital Territory of Delhi under the Family Welfare Programme.
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Family Planning Programme:- Under the Family Planning Programme services like sterilization, IUCD, Oral pills and supply of Nirodh are made available to eligible couples on a cafeteria approach. The aim is to achieve 60% couple protection rate, birth rate of 21 and net reproductive rate of one. The Family Planning Programme is implemented by various Govt., Local bodies, Non-Govt. and private agencies spread all over Delhi.
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Immunization against vaccine preventable diseases:- Under the Immunization activities, coverage of children against killer disease like Polio. Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Tuberculosis and Measles are undertaken through routine immunisation programme. The programme also aims at Immunizing 100% pregnant women against tetanus.
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Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act:- Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act was introduced in 1971 in order to improve health of mother and as a first resort to avoid unwanted pregnancies.
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The Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994 (No.57 of 1994 dated 20th September, 1994.) :- An Act to provide for the regulation of the use of pre-natal diagnostic techniques for the purpose of detecting genetic or metabolic disorders or chromosomal abnormalities or certain congenital malformations or sex linked disorders and for the prevention of the misuse of such techniques for the purpose of pre-natal sex determination leading to female foeticide, and for matters connected there with or incidental there to
India Population Project -VIII (IPP-VIII): India Population Project VIII is being implemented with the assistance of World Bank by Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), from August, 1994 to cover Jhuggi Jhopri Clusters (a temporary Hut made of clay the roof being covered with thin branches of trees, when many such Huts are in one geographical area it is called a Jhuggi Jhopri Cluster). Under this project the MCD is opening 6 Maternity Homes, 19 health centres and 15 M&CW Centres (health post) out of which 1 maternity home, 21 health centres and 90 health posts are already functioning to improve maternal and child health care, as well as family planning services.
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Special Programme:
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Pulse Polio Immunisatian Programme
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Universal Immunisation Programme
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Health and Family Welfare Training Programme: The Health and Family Welfare Training Centre under the Directorate of Family Welfare of Government of Delhi is the State level training school engaged in sensitizing various categories of health personnel on the various programmes of the Government of Delhi and Government of India. Regular training courses, workshops, seminars and reorientation courses are being conducted by the Training Centre where in health personnel for various agencies including NGOs are trained. A coverage evaluation survey on Pulse Polio Immunisation programme and routine immunisation was conducted in 1996-97 and 1997-98 by the HFWTC under the aegis of UNICEF and Government of India
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Implementation of RCH in Delhi As per the Cairo conference of 1994, to which India was also a signatory, has been introduced in NCT of Delhi in the Reproductive Health Scheme 1997. The scheme is known as Reproductive and Child Health programme (RCH)
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New Schemes for Child Friendly Capital Delhi: Directorate of Family Welfare has launched a Child Friendly Action Plan for Delhi in December 1997. The emphasis of this plan spheres of life through intersectoral coordination for improving the status of the child so that Delhi can proudly claim to be a child friendly capital by 2002 AD
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Directorate of Family welfare, Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital Residential Complex(Type IV & V) Road No 43 Pitampura, Delhi-110034. Tel No : 27033863 Fax : 27033861
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