Oxytocin Initiative Project
Goal
To reduce requests made by community members for inappropriate use of uterotonics to speed up labour
Objectives
- Increase awareness within community including pregnant mothers and family members on the effect of uterotonics to speed up labour
- Identify and sensitise informal providers (Quacks and Dais) and frontline health care providers to reduce the use of uterotonics in labour
Project Area
32 gram panchayats of Bachhrawan Block of District Rae Bareli
Target Audience
Pregnant mothers
Progress
- Completed village profiling (basic information of gram panchayats) of 32 gram panchayats
- 120 mothers' groups have been formed