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Goal:
To pilot a model to increase access to
“child-friendly” care and treatment services
through the local government health system.
 The
Child Friendly Pediatric Ward was started in the Bandra Bhabha Municipal Hospital to provide child friendly care and treatment services through the local government health system. A “Baby- Baba Club”
has also been initiated in the hospital premises with the objective to remove the fear of hospitals and to divert
children’s minds from their ailments.
The social workers conduct individual and group educational sessions with the parents and care takers of the children. These sessions are on child development
issues and HIV
at the various hospital wards as well as the Ante Natal Care OPD.
One of the main strategies
is to pilot a model that will increase
access to the “child friendly” care
and treatment services of the local government health system,
particularly in the context of HIV/AIDS.
The interventions
at the Bandra Bhabha Municipal Hospital include:
 Sensitizing
the hospital
staff through interactive meetings.
Improving
the
infrastructure of the pediatric ward and OPD.
Counseling
&
education programmes for the parents and children.
Setting
up of the
Baby-Baba Club.
Developing
IEC material.
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