FAMILY WELFARE PROGRAMME
Posted on April 30, 2008 in Generic medical release (Category: Default)
In1966, a full-fledged Department of Family Planning was created. During the three Annual Plans (1966-69), the family planning programme, which was descibed as the “kingpin” of the Plan, was made the time bound and target oriented with vastly increasing funds. In the Fourth Plan, the programme was given the highest priority. The approch during this Plan aws to integrate increasingly family welfare services with those for health, maternal and child care and nutrition.The family welfare workers were converted into multipurpose workersto enable them to pay special attention to surveying to family welfare motivation and services.The Seventh Plan (1985-90) envisages new targets.
The country had adopted the long-term demographic goal of reducing the net reproduction rate to 1 by 2000 AD.
The National Family Welfare Programme has four components.
Administration and Organization which includes recruitment of staff, getting eqipment and supplies.
Training-Medical, paramedical and social workers in this field .
Social and Health
Supplies and Services.