National Project Implementation Plan - NVBDCP

Social Devpt. and
BCC Consultants
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15.6 Action Plan
As most of the project areas (“high prevalence areas”) are tribal or backward,
and many of its intended beneficiaries are tribal or other vulnerable people, its
intervention strategies are designed to address the constraints faced in these
areas and by these people in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of malaria
and/or kala-azar. The strategies include supply-side improvements; increasing
access according to need; communication for demand-generation, informed
decision-making and improved practices; socio-culturally appropriate and
gender-sensitive planning and implementation; and monitoring by dedicated
VBD experts and Social Development specialists.28 Table 3 shows those
activities in the project that would ensure that vulnerable communities receive
maximum benefits and that VBDs are reduced among them in the form of a
‘step-by-step’ Action Plan. As a guide to implementation, it shows the action,
where it would primarily take place, the persons who would be chiefly
responsible for its implementation, and a likely timing or frequency of action.
Thus, the ‘Vulnerable Communities’ Plan’ (VCP) is integral to the Project’s
overall implementation, and is part of the GOI’s Project Implementation Plan
(PIP) and forthcoming Operational Manual. It would be implemented in all
project districts in keeping with the Project’s planned phasing, as needed and
feasible.
The VCP will also guide Bank project supervision, and includes the indicators
that would be used when feasible to assess implementation effectiveness for
vulnerable communities. Data providing information on project outputs and
outcomes for tribal and other vulnerable groups (including women and
children) will be generated initially from routine program monitoring, project
reports and surveys. Over time better data are expected to become available
28 . The consultations at the client and sub-district levels of the health system would focus on
whether the program is reaching vulnerable groups, and cover all aspects of service delivery
related to this project, including the cultural acceptability of interventions, BCC activities and
grievance redressal mechanisms. In kala-azar areas they will also include discussions of the village
environment, hygiene in homes, cattle-sheds, etc. At district level and above, the consultations
would focus on whether tribal people and the most backward areas are receiving due attention in
all aspects of program planning, management and implementation, including capacity-building and
monitoring of private providers; and monitoring by Panchayats. Any issues arising will be
investigated and addressed, and ‘Action Taken Reports’ presented at the next consulta
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