Breakdown: A Journey to Uttar Pradesh

Jaya Singh: SAM's India-Based Director of Research and Program Development

It is a hot September day in Musafirkhana, Uttar Pradesh.  We’ve been driving on the Lucknow-Benaras highway for several hours before swerving off onto a dirt path, rice fields on either side, our driver honking away the few bicyclists and pedestrians we

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News From the Ground

News from the Ground

96 Swasthya Sakhis attended one day refresher training workshops in 7 blocks-  Dubey pur, Musafirkhana, Lalganj, Satava, Jagdishpur, Khiro, Mahrajganj

In 27 villages, half-day sensitization workshops were conducted in two districts-Sultanpur and Rae Bareli.

Save a Mother participated in 20 CLA (village organization) meetings and 2 BLA (block level) meetings.

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News From the Ground – Dr. Ganju Reports (March 2011)

139 Swasthya Sakhis attended one day refresher training workshops in 9 blocks- Bhetua, Dhanpatgang, Musafir khana, Dubeypur, Gauriganj, Unchahar, Laganj, Khero, Bachrava In 29 villages, half-day sensitization workshops were conducted in two districts-Sultanpur and Rae Bareli.

Save a Mother participated in 9 CLA (village organization) meetings and 5 BLA (block level) meetings. Periodic field

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News from the Ground

Important numbers from the ground

Save A Mother: January 1st, 2008 through June 30th, 2010

Three day residential trainings conducted 39 One day refresher trainings conducted 138 Swasthya Sakhis (Health Activists) and community members who received the three day residential training 1220 Swasthya Sakhis and community members who received

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News From the Ground – Dr. Ganju Reports (February 2010)

We conducted refresher trainings for 92 health activists who are currently working in Bhetua, Shahgarh, Gauriganj, Singpur, Gaura, and Dalmau blocks. And, 42 new health activists received the 3-day induction training in Kurwar and Chatoh blocks in Sultanpur and Raebareli districts of Uttar Pradesh.

We expanded to two new districts

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News From the Ground - Dr. Ganju Reports (December 2009)

Ten one-day refresher trainings were conducted in eight blocks of Uttar Pradesh during December ’09. A total of 83 Swasthya Sakhis (Health Activists) received the refresher trainings. We conducted a three-day induction training of Swasthya Sakhis in Rahi block. 21 Swasthya Sakhis were trained and 15 other local women attended the training. We

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