PRI-Gujarat

Features PRI-Gujarat

Indian Constitution through 73rd and 74th amendment added a third tier to India’s federal structure and institutionalized decentralized units of governance.
The PRI Members are the closest elected leaders for those at the grassroots.
Gram Panchayats, therefore, have a crucial role in monitoring health and nutrition services, recognizing gaps, and providing solutions.
PRI members can be vital to achieving the targets laid down by POSHAN Abhiyaan.Role of PRI members for last mile convergence.Review of service delivery at the beneficiary level.
In consultation with FLWs of all concerned departments identify issues in services delivery and work out solutions for gaps/ accelerate matter.
Visit VHSND and CBE to supervise functionality and mobilise Jan Andolan in the community.
Advocate for provision of solutions in the administrative and political forms.
Facilitate development of scheme-based action plans, including the Convergence Action Plan (CAP) for nutrition and ensure nutrition related activities is included into Gram Panchayat Development plans.
For facilitating these activities a mobile app (PRI- App) has been developed for PRI membersWhat is the PRI App?The PRI App is a simple, easy to use, mobile-based user-friendly App.
This App has been designed to help the PRI members (Sarpanches and Ward members) in making observation visits to the community-based events and home visit to assess the nutrition and nutrition specific services in their community.Features of the App1.
ChecklistsThe App contains checklists to observe and rate quality of service provision by the FLWs by observing the community-based events, VHSND and home visits.
Checklists have multiple-choice questions to record appropriate answers.2.
VHSNCThe App has an in-built mechanism to aid in conducting VHSNC meetings.
After the responses are recorded through the observation checklists, it helps to identify issues with the service quality which can be reviewed and discussed during the meeting to resolve issues or escalate it.3.
My visits DashboardThe app will analyse the visits and issues or gaps in the service delivery will feature here for the further sicussions.Benefits of the App· The App will help PRI members to plan their visits· The App ensures that PRI members are doing observations visits to the CBEs and home visits and cover all the nutrition sensitive services.· They can use a simple digital checklist to observe, assess and record information about the quality of services instead of cumbersome paperwork· The checklists have provision for collecting information on satisfaction of beneficiaries with the services, hence, act as an in-built analytical mechanism· PRI members can make data-driven decisions by identifying gaps in the quality of services ss