Publication: Kolkata for Mother and Child : A Case Study
Date
2003
ISSN
Published
2003
Author(s)
Duza, M. Badrud
Ramana, G. N. V.
Chowdhury, Sanchita
Abstract
This is a documentation of effective
partnership that helped to improve Reproductive and Child
Health (RCH) outcomes for the urban poor in Kolkata, India.
This partnership was supported by the IDA financed (US$ 71.4
million) Family Welfare Urban Slums Project. The Kolkata
Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) implemented the
project using a Credit of about US$17 million. A total of
3.8 million urban poor (family income less than US$ 32 per
month) from three municipal corporations (Howrah and Chandan
Nagar, and part of Kolkata), and 37 smaller municipalities
benefited from this partnership. The project provided basic
community outreach, as well as facility based Reproductive
and Child Health (RCH) services, including counseling to the
urban poor. Subsequently, nonbeneficiaries (above poverty
line) also received services on payment of costs at
lower-than-market rate. This model has subsequently been
extended to 20 more cities in the state of West Bengal with
support from the Department for International Development
(DFID) and IDA.
Citation
“Duza, M. Badrud; Ramana, G. N. V.; Chowdhury, Sanchita. 2003. Kolkata for Mother and Child : A Case Study. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/4f826bb7-c69d-5acd-9f7e-e2e400e5d45d License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”