PHM-Exch> NGOs and health systems strengthening (or weakening) (3)

[Claudio Schuftan]

   From: Omesh Bharti <bhartiomesh at yahoo.com>

  In the Indian state of Himachal, the government has identified 75 health
institutions where the delivery would be free of cost including that of
cesarean section. This has raised the % of deliveries up to 10% within a few
months and we expect this to rise further as the time passes.
It takes only Rs. 500/- for normal delivery and Rs. 3000/- for CS, but the
returns of this initiative are safe delivery and a decrease in MMR and in
IMR.
Also, next month, the government plans to introduce a Free Emergency
Ambulance Service which is expected to bring pregnant ladies to the health
institutions and this may further raise the institutional deliveries by
20-27%.
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