Enhancing Reproductive Health: Promoting Contraception, Family Planning, and Life Skills in Communities

The project "AAO Bate Karen," supported by HCL Foundation, spans from FY-2018 onwards, targeting eligible couples (15 to 49 years old), adolescents, and frontline workers (ASHAs, ANMs, CHOs, and teachers). With a focus on family planning, sexual and reproductive health (SRH), and non-communicable diseases (NCD), the intervention takes place in 12 urban slums of Lucknow district and 10 Community Health Centres (CHCs)/Primary Health Centres (PHCs). The outcomes of this project are supported in the construction of 1700 household toilets, restoration of water bodies, orientation of 24000 children on WASH issues, and the dissemination of knowledge and behaviour change communication (BCC) on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) across the villages involving multiple stakeholders. The main outcome of the project is that Contraceptive Prevalence Rate CPR has increased to 45% from the baseline. The strategy emphasized male participation and established linkages with public health facilities for supply chain management.