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Role of Anganwadi in Immunization
Hypothesis:
There is a gender biasness in immunization and it can be reduced effectively with the help of ANGANWADI CENTERS
Objective of the paper:
Analyze the various data to show the pattern of gender biasness in immunization.
How Anganwadi helps in removing the disparities.
Anganwadi: Introduction
Govt. sponsored child-care and mother-care center
Started in 1975 as a part of ICDS programme
1.053-anganwadi centers 1.8- anganwadi workers 58.1-children 10.23-lactating and pregnant
women
(all no. in millions)
OBJECTIVES OF ANGANWADI
Regular health check
up
immunization
Health education
Non-formal pre school education
Supplementary nutrition
IMMUNIZATION
A process whereby a person made immune or resistant to an infectious disease typically by the administration of vaccine.
What is the problem?
Mixture of socio economic factors. The strong preference for sons over
daughters and resulting discrimination against daughters in India is well known, though the preference is not uniformly observed across the country. Discrimination can be in provision of nutrition and health care is often identified in the economics. This ultimately made large gender imbalances in economy too.
Other areas experiencing gender biasness
Education and employment
Nutrition and Health Care
Economic (Paternal property)
,social,religious
DATA
Primary data- NFHS survey (2005-06) Field interaction with few Anganwadi
workers. The data is interpreted on the
variable that whether the child was fully immunized or not w.r.t the recommended expanded progrmme on EPI.
3 set of data were analyzed
Set-1
Indicators used - fully immunized vaccination card not vaccinated Nationally the ratio is 1.13 times more
favored then girls in immunization program.(i3)
In other two program the national ratio varied from 1.07(i2) and 1.01(i3).
large disparities in states varying from 0.57 to 1.17
Set-2
Deals male/female ration with different kind of immunization
Almost every category has slightly high rate of girls than that of boys
Immunization of girls start but get completed in a few cases.
The case of vaccination card
Mulaqqat:
500 p.m. and too much of work.. ! Child especially girl child born in
house rarely get vaccinated. If girl child is 2nd or 3rd then less
attention Not trained in the task of
immunization and miscommunication with local health centers.
Girls are strong enough to survive and no need for supplementary care ……… really???... So scary…??
Ways to conquer
• EDUCATION TO PARENTS and awareness among them will make them know the importance of immunization to all children.
• Qualified and trained AWW will make the people more alert and will help them overcome the problem.
• AWC should keep an eye on the Regular Growth Table.
• The small AWCs should inform prior to the immunization dates , in small areas.
• Hum do aur humara ek agar mand, toh hum do aur humare do pe bilkul band.
• Surveys should be made by the small AWCs, in small places, to check that properly immunization is done.
• Parents should be rewarded for bringing there girl child for immunization for regular basis.
• The income of AWW should be increased so that they become more responsible and such problems are solved.
• Local government, or village kevel govt. in villages should support these Anganwadis in creating awareness.
“They are like kikar. Girls will grow up without any care just as the kikar tree grows up without any care just as the kikar tree
grows up without any care. But boys are like Sisham. Morever,
caring for a girl means caring for someone else’s bag because she
is paraya dhan and will go to others’ house after marriage.”
Thanks……
presented by
Varsha GumashtaNilesh Shreedhar