Topic of the Day - Mission Parivar Vikas

UPSC Exam Preparation: Topic of the Day – Mission Parivar Vikas

The Union Minister for Health and Family launched Mission Parivar Vikas on World Population Day (11th of July 2016) for better family planning services. The mission was launched to provide easy access to high-quality family planning alternatives based on reliable services, information and supplies with a rights-based framework.

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Mission Parivar Vikas – Overview

The mission has identified 145 districts in 7 states of Assam, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh to be in high focus based on the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) and service delivery in order to accelerate the efforts to meet the goals of achieving Total Fertility Rate of 2.1 by 2025.

These 145 districts have a TFR of more than or equal to 3 and constitute 28% of India’s population. They have a significant impact on child and maternal health indicators and are home to 28% of protected couples and 40% of couples whose needs are not met. And also account for the highest percentage of adolescent mothers.

• The mission will be dovetailed with newly launched promotional schemes like ‘SAARTHI – Awareness on wheels’ to disseminate family planning strategies and sensitize the community.
• It will increase sterilization services by rolling out injectable contraceptives at the sub-center level, creating awareness about condoms, pills, etc to ensure commodity security.
• It aims at creating an enabling environment focusing on close monitoring and implementation through capacity building (of service providers).
• The initiative will utilize the RMNCH+A strategy (a strategic approach to Reproductive Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health), a consumer-friendly website for family planning and Family Planning Logistics Management Information System (FPLMIS).
• An intensive monitoring mechanism will be followed with a half-yearly review of the program.

Objectives of Mission Pariwar Vikas

• The main objective of ‘Mission Parivar Vikas’ is to accelerate access to high-quality family planning choices based on information, reliable services, and supplies within a rights-based framework.
• Improve access to contraceptives through delivering assured services, dovetailing with new promotional schemes, and ensuring commodity security.
• It will also ensure building capacity (service providers), creating an enabling environment along with close monitoring and implementation.

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According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) IV data, the unmet need for contraceptives is 12.9% and this contributes to undesired fertility. Reducing the TFR is important as it is directly proportional to the Maternal Mortality Rate(MMR) and Infant Mortality Rate(IMR). Family planning through Mission Parivar Vikas is an effort to control population and one of the United Nation’s health goals as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

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