Abstract

National Rural Health Mission seeks to provide universal access to equitable, affordable and quality health care which is accountable and at the same time responsive to the needs of the people. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of JSY scheme in Raigad district Methods: This study was conducted at Primary Health Centres (PHCs), located in Raigad District, Maharashtra State, which is the district under which Department of Community Medicine, M.G.M. Medical College, Navi Mumbai is located. Results: JSY is a centrally funded scheme hence the lot of central fund is been directed to the states in order to facilitate the institutional deliveries in the state. The overall ANC registration along with the ANC services has been good with respect to the prevalent reproductive age population in the district of Raigad. Hence the scheme is showing the improvement however much more need to be done with the emphasis on the availability of the skilled staff in the district with overall managerial communication in order to channelize the specialist to the PHCs in the Raigad district Conclusions: JSY beneficiaries have increase in the Raigad district & it can be proven by the statistical tests.

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