{"id":177,"date":"2026-05-05T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.creativewebdesigner.co.in\/pahal\/?page_id=177"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:24:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:24:47","slug":"pla","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/test.creativewebdesigner.co.in\/pahal\/pla\/","title":{"rendered":"PLA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">\nThis initiative used structured Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) cycles to enable communities to identify maternal and child health challenges, analyze root causes, and design locally driven solutions for sustainable health system strengthening.\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n<h6>Program Objective (Brief Overview)<\/h6>\n<p>The objective of the program was to reduce IMR and MMR by strengthening grassroots health systems through community participation, capacity building of frontline workers, and improved maternal and newborn care practices.\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n<h6>The Challenge<\/h6>\n<p>High Infant Mortality (IMR) and Maternal Mortality (MMR) rates were closely linked to low awareness, delayed care-seeking, weak village-level health governance, and limited community ownership over maternal and newborn health issues.\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n<b>Partners :<\/b> National Health Mission (Madhya Pradesh) &#038; EKJUT\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n<h6>Core Interventions<\/h6>\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-style-02 alt-font font-weight-500 text-small text-uppercase text-extra-dark-gray\">\n<li class=\"padding-15px-bottom border-bottom border-color-medium-gray\">\n        <i class=\"feather icon-feather-check text-large text-gradient-sky-blue-pink margin-10px-right\"><\/i>Capacity building of ASHA workers on maternal and newborn health\n    <\/li>\n<li class=\"padding-15px-bottom border-bottom border-color-medium-gray\">\n        <i class=\"feather icon-feather-check text-large text-gradient-sky-blue-pink margin-10px-right\"><\/i>Formation and facilitation of women\u2019s health discussion groups\n    <\/li>\n<li class=\"padding-15px-bottom border-bottom border-color-medium-gray\">\n        <i class=\"feather icon-feather-check text-large text-gradient-sky-blue-pink margin-10px-right\"><\/i>Structured PLA cycles for problem identification and action planning\n    <\/li>\n<li class=\"padding-15px-bottom border-bottom border-color-medium-gray\">\n        <i class=\"feather icon-feather-check text-large text-gradient-sky-blue-pink margin-10px-right\"><\/i>Revitalization of Village Health, Sanitation &#038; Nutrition Committees (VHSNCs)\n    <\/li>\n<li class=\"padding-15px-bottom\">\n        <i class=\"feather icon-feather-check text-large text-gradient-sky-blue-pink margin-10px-right\"><\/i>Promotion of safe birth preparedness and newborn care practices\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n<h6>Impact Delivered<\/h6>\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-style-02 alt-font font-weight-500 text-small text-uppercase text-extra-dark-gray\">\n<li class=\"padding-15px-bottom border-bottom border-color-medium-gray\">\n        <i class=\"feather icon-feather-check text-large text-gradient-sky-blue-pink margin-10px-right\"><\/i>Improved birth preparedness and complication readiness\n    <\/li>\n<li class=\"padding-15px-bottom border-bottom border-color-medium-gray\">\n        <i class=\"feather icon-feather-check text-large text-gradient-sky-blue-pink margin-10px-right\"><\/i>Increased institutional deliveries\n    <\/li>\n<li class=\"padding-15px-bottom border-bottom border-color-medium-gray\">\n        <i class=\"feather icon-feather-check text-large text-gradient-sky-blue-pink margin-10px-right\"><\/i>Strengthened local health governance through active VHSNCs\n    <\/li>\n<li class=\"padding-15px-bottom border-bottom border-color-medium-gray\">\n        <i class=\"feather icon-feather-check text-large text-gradient-sky-blue-pink margin-10px-right\"><\/i>Improved household hygiene and newborn care practices\n    <\/li>\n<li class=\"padding-15px-bottom\">\n        <i class=\"feather icon-feather-check text-large text-gradient-sky-blue-pink margin-10px-right\"><\/i>Greater community ownership of maternal and child health outcomes\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n<h6>Key Learning<\/h6>\n<p>Behavior change accelerates when communities diagnose their own problems and design their own solutions \u2014 ownership creates sustainability.\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery_box_single\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gallery gllr_grid\" data-gllr-columns=\"3\" data-gllr-border-width=\"10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gllr_image_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gllr_image_block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twidth:1044px;height:1044px;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a data-fancybox=\"gallery_fancybox_168\" href=\"https:\/\/test.creativewebdesigner.co.in\/pahal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PLA-7-1024x768.webp\" title=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=&quot;1024&quot; 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