Members of Advisory Group on Community Action (AGCA) present Ms Poonam Muttreja welcomed the participants to the 33rd meeting of the Advisory Group on Community Action (AGCA). The meeting began with the reading of a condolence message in the memory of Prof Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Member AGCA, who passed away on October 27, 2015.  In homage, the group observed a minute’s silence. The broad objectives of the meeting are given below: AGCA members confirmed the minutes of the 32nd AGCA meeting organized on October 1, 2015. Compliance on Action Points from the 32nd AGCA meeting Bijit Roy shared an updateRead More…

Advisory Group on Community Action (AGCA) members present Sharing of recent innovations on community action and their potential for scaling up Pahel: Strengthening engagement of elected women representatives in Bihar Dr Aparajita Gogoi, Centre for Catalyzing Change, presented the experiences and outcomes of the Pahel project, which focused on ‘building leadership skills among elected women representatives (EWR) to take action to improve health services and address development issues in their constituencies’. The process is being implemented in three districts – Aurangabad, Muzaffarpur and Sitamarhi.  The EWRs were trained to use simple pictorial checklists to assess the availability and quality ofRead More…

Advisory Group on Community Action Members present Reflection on AGCA priorities for the current Financial Year (2015-16) Re-organization of states among AGCA members AGCA members volunteered to guide processes in the following states: The meeting ended with a vote of thanks by Ms Poonam Muttreja. ***** Action Points from the 31st AGCA Meeting  Sl. No. Action Points Responsibility 1. Request the MoHFW to consider organizing an annual  joint meeting of the ASHA Mentoring Group and AGCA AGCA Secretariat 2. Request the MoHFW to write to the State Governments to engage resource organizations in community action processes AGCA Secretariat 3. OrganizeRead More…

Advisory Group on Community Action Members present Confirmation and Action Taken on the Minutes of the 29th AGCA meeting held on September 11, 2014 The members confirmed the minutes of the 29th AGCA meeting held on September 11, 2014. Dr Sanjay Pandey, Director Programmes, PFI shared an update on the Action Taken on the 29th meeting. Compliance on action points of the 29th AGCA Meeting Sl. No. Action Points Responsibility Action Taken 1. Revise agenda of the National Consultation on Community Action for Health as per suggestions of the MoHFW and AGCA members AGCA Secretariat The National Consultation on CommunityRead More…

Advisory Group Members present Ms Poonam Muttreja welcomed the participants to the Twenty eighth meeting of the AGCA. She said the objectives of the meeting were to discuss (a) progress of activities between November 2013 – March 2014, (b) key findings and recommendations  of  the  Seventh Common Review Mission (CRM), and (c)   priorities and strategies for strengthening Community Action for Health (CAH) over the next year. Ms Muttreja introduced the newly recruited staff to the AGCA Members. They include Mr Vijay Jamwal, Team Leader; Dr Ajay Misra, Programme Manager; Mr Daman Ahuja, Programme Manager; Ms Tripti Chandra, Programme Manager; andRead More…

Advisory Group on Community Action Members present Ms Poonam Muttreja welcomed the participants to the 29th meeting of the Advisory Group on Community Action (AGCA). The meeting began with Ms Muttreja  reading out a condolence message in the memory of Dr Shanti Ghosh, Member AGCA, who passed away on August 16, 2014. The group paid homage to Dr Ghosh by observing silence for a minute.  The AGCA members conveyed their heartfelt condolences to her family. A copy of the condolence message is enclosed for reference in Annexure A. Ms Muttreja shared that the broad objectives of the meeting were toRead More…

Advisory Group Members present Ms Poonam Muttreja welcomed all the participants to the twenty seventh meeting of the AGCA. Ms Muttreja shared that the broad objectives of the meeting were to discuss a) steps for operationalizing AGCA’s proposal on ‘Strengthening Community Action under National Health Mission (NHM)’; b) experiences from the 7th Common Review Mission (CRM) visits; and  c) update on the status of implementation of the intermediate activities, approved by Ministry. Upon request from the AGCA members, Mr Manoj Jhalani, Joint Secretary- Policy, MoHFW provided an overview of the new initiatives under the National Health Mission (NHM).  These included:Read More…

Advisory Group Members present Ms Poonam Muttreja welcomed all the participants to the twenty sixth meeting of the AGCA. She provided an overview on the role of the AGCA in strengthening the community action under NRHM. Confirmation and Action taken on the Minutes of the 25th AGCA Meeting held on April 8, 2013 The members confirmed the minutes of 25th AGCA Meeting held on April 8, 2013. Action Taken from the 25th AGCA Meeting held on April 8, 2013 Sl No Action Points Responsibility Action Taken 1. The AGCA would send a budget seeking approval from the Ministry to supportRead More…