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NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MATERNAL HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS
NAMHHR E-Newsletter
Double Issue-10-11 (Sept 2013- April 2014)
Recent highlights of NAMHHR activities
NAMHHR conducted a national convention on 20th and 21st of M
2014 in Delhi. More than 100 representatives from all over
participated and themes related to maternal death were presente
the convention . Please read the blog update h
http://namhhr.blogspot.in/2014/06/national-convention-on-mater
health.html
NAMHHR organized a second civil society meeting to Review Mate
Mortality and Morbidity in Jharkhandon the 20 th
of Nov 2013. It
attended by 20 participants from civil society organizations to dismaternal mortality in Jharkhand. Following this , NAMHHR conduct
fact finding mission to Godda district, Jharkhand to develop a gre
understanding of the condition of maternal health and the impa
related social determinants of health in tribal areas of Godda distric
the 21st
and 22nd
of Nov 2013. Within this, meetings were held with
Minister of Health, Jharkhand (23 Nov), the Director Health Service
Nov), and the Civil Surgeon Godda (22 Nov). The report was compl
and shared with the Government of Jharkhand on 17th February 2
Engagement with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) an
UPR-2 process
NAMHHR member attended a training on using the process of Unive
Periodic Review (UPR) organized by DFPA, held in Geneva from 20-2
October 2013 during which a tentative plan regarding NAMHH
engagement in the UPR-2 was developed.
NAMHHR worked with the National Human Rights Commission to deve
a framework of Monitoring Indicators to track Indias compliance with
comments received during UPR-2 in which NAMHHR contributed to the
sections on sexual and reproductive health rights and the right to healt
http://nhrc.nic.in/Documents/Reports/Final%20Framework%20for%20
R%20Process%2021_10_2013.pdf
Godda Report Recommendations
Inter departmentalconvergence
At health facilities in tribal areas
make special efforts to employ
adequately trained staffs
sensitive to tribal culture and
practices, provide blood
transfusion services and make
special efforts to engage PVTG
nurses health personal who
speak local language.
Re- orientation of community
and facility health providers.
Integration of health care with
the nutrition services
Community monitoring and
accountability by strengthening
the capacity of members of the
Village Health Sanitation and
Nutritional Committees.
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NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MATERNAL HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS
NAMHHR E-Newsletter
Issue-10- 11(Sept 2013- April 2014)
Alliance Building Efforts
NAMHHR became a formal member of
the Right to Food Campaign during itsNational Convention.
NAMHHR worked with the Right to Fo
campaign, Mobile Crches and ot
womens organizations for a comm
advocacy agenda in the context
womens unpaid work and the right
maternity benefits. With regard to t
NAMHHR Convenor attended the Right
Food Campaign in National Conventio
March 2014 and anchored a workshop
Maternity Benefits towards draft
model Rules within the National Fo
Security Act 2013.
NAMHHR Secretariat has been attend
JSA-Delhi meetings to prepare a list
demands to be submitted to the polit
parties in the run up to the Election
Delhi held on 4th
Dec 2013.
NAMHHR participated in Independ
Peoples Tribunal on the Functioning
the National Human Rights CommissionIndia, organized by Human Rights L
Network, held in JNU on
16th
December 2013.
NAMHHR was invited by Oxfam
Odisha State Consultation on Mater
Death Review held in Bhubanesw
(Odisha) on 9-10th of December 2013.
Recommendations/Endorsements
NAMHHR sent suggestions on the Draft Rulesunder the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and
their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 on 15th November 2013.
NAMHHR sent Recommendations to the Advisory Group for MNREGA, (set up by MoRD) and suggested
amendments regarding provision of Maternity Benefits in Schedule II on 5th December 2013.
NAMHHR sent a letter to the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India to highlight the issue
poor availability of blood transfusion for rural India.
NAMHHR made submissions to High Level Committee which has been constituted by
PMO(IDNo.560/51/C/15/2012) on the socio- economic, health and educational status of tribal communitie
India on 31st of December.
NAMHHR sentrecommendations for Odisha State Policy for Girl Child and Women Health and Well-being on 6tDecember 2013.
NAMHHR NATIONAL CONVENTION
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New Resources on Maternal Health and Rights
1.The Second Report of the Independent Expert Review
Group on Information and Accountability for Women's a
Children's Health, 2013 Strengthening Equity and Dignity
Through health
http://www.who.int/pmnch/media/news/2013/ierg_rep
/en/.
2.The National Human Rights Commission has asked the
Rajasthan government to pay Rs. 50,000 to a woman wh
was forced to give birth to her child by the roadsidebecause of medical negligence at Kareda in Bhilwara dist
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/nh
orders-compensation-for-roadside-
birth/article5924407.ece
3.The study "An Analysis of Factors Linked to the Decline in
Maternal Mortality in Nepal" has revealed important
upward trends in the use of delivery and antenatal servic
between 1996 and 2011 in Nepal, corroborating the
findings in earlier and, importantly, indicating that the
improvement is continuing studies. full paper athttp://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371
Fjournal.pone.0093029
4. WHO released a document on Declining MMR from 199
The document is titled : Trends in Maternal Mortality 19
to 2013. Read full document here :
http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/
nitoring/maternal-mortality2013/en/
5. The Down to Earth article on maternal mortality with a
comparison of southern and northern states . It report
about the National convention organized by NAMHHR Delhi on march 20th and 21st .
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/delivering-sa
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MATERNAL HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS
NAMHHR E-Newsletter
Issue-10- 11(Sept 2013- April 2014)
Maternal Death Review project Updates
The Tool for the MDR has been revised
with the help of Dr. Abhijit Das and it
has been sent to Dr Himanshu
Bhushan, Deputy Commissioner of
Maternal Health, Government of India
for the suggestions.
developing a MDR module for block
level orientation of front line health
workers like ANM and ASHA to
encourage and inform them about
importance of reporting maternal
deaths. To enable this , a group of
three people including two from
SAHAYOG and one from partner
organization ASHA visited ARTH in
Udaipur and studied their project oncommunity based- MDR in 10 districts
of Rajasthan under UNFA Project in
2011.
Formation of state advisory groups
(including government officials) in all
four partner states
http://www.who.int/pmnch/media/news/2013/ierg_report/en/http://www.who.int/pmnch/media/news/2013/ierg_report/en/http://www.who.int/pmnch/media/news/2013/ierg_report/en/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/nhrc-orders-compensation-for-roadside-birth/article5924407.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/nhrc-orders-compensation-for-roadside-birth/article5924407.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/nhrc-orders-compensation-for-roadside-birth/article5924407.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/nhrc-orders-compensation-for-roadside-birth/article5924407.ecehttp://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0093029http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0093029http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0093029http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/monitoring/maternal-mortality-2013/en/http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/monitoring/maternal-mortality-2013/en/http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/monitoring/maternal-mortality-2013/en/http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/delivering-safetyhttp://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/delivering-safetyhttp://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/monitoring/maternal-mortality-2013/en/http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/monitoring/maternal-mortality-2013/en/http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0093029http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0093029http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/nhrc-orders-compensation-for-roadside-birth/article5924407.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/nhrc-orders-compensation-for-roadside-birth/article5924407.ecehttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/nhrc-orders-compensation-for-roadside-birth/article5924407.ecehttp://www.who.int/pmnch/media/news/2013/ierg_report/en/http://www.who.int/pmnch/media/news/2013/ierg_report/en/ -
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NAMHHR Activities
NAMHHR SC members had a meeting on 22nd March 2014 in Delhi. They reviewed the National Conventionthat was held in Delhi on 20
thand 21
stMarch and there was also a discussion on NAMHHR TOR.
NAMHHR had a General Body Meeting on 2728 November 2013 in Delhi. The meeting reviewed the
activities that have been carried out by NAMHHR in the last two years and brainstormed on strategies that
could be used in the coming two years.
NAMHHR organized a fourth capacity building workshop with the objective of developing analytical skills of
the participants on maternal deaths documented under the guidance of Dr. Subha Sri from CommonHealth
on 18-19th
Oct 2013 in Delhi.
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR MATERNAL HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS
NAMHHR E-Newsletter
Issue-10- 11(Sept 2013- April 2014)
Upcoming Events
1. MDR State Advisory group meetings are being conducted in different states (May and June)
2. NAMHHR will organise a meeting on "Human rights based approaches for preventing maternal mortal
on 24th of June 2014 in Delhi.
3.
A meeting will be organised in the Santhal Paragans Division of Jharkhand with the NAMHHR members
and other CSOs working in the area, to discuss advocacy and actions based on findings from the Godd
fact finding mission.
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