Gender Responsiveness in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Service Delivery: A Framework for Gender Integration in Training for the Public Health Workforce across Uttar Pradesh, India

Gender is a key social determinant of health, shaping both access and delivery of healthcare services. Achieving universal health coverage relies on equipping healthcare providers with an understanding of gender norms affecting healthcare utilization, access, and outcomes. This knowledge brief presents a framework to systematically integrate gender-responsive care into training programs for public health cadres in Uttar Pradesh.

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Gender-Responsive Healthcare: A Case Study

The SBA trainings are designed to enhance the capabilities of ANM and Staff Nurses (SNs) at District Hospitals, Community Health Centers (CHCs), and Primary Health Centers (PHCs) to improve the quality of intrapartum and newborn care and achieve better maternal and newborn health outcomes. In November 2022, a gender e-module was integrated into the SBA training to ensure gender-responsive service provision.
The video aims to capture the impact of the gender e-module training from Uma Shankar Dixit Women’s Hospital in Unnao and the steps taken by the staff and leadership to make the facility more gender-responsive, inclusive and equitable. 

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PAHAL Issue 23

PAHAL Issue 23 highlights UPTSU’s contributions to improving healthcare in Uttar Pradesh. The key interventions include facilitating newborn care initiatives, launching training programs for healthcare staff, supporting ICDS in training Mukhya Sevikas, and improving vaccine coverage. These efforts demonstrate UP TSU’s commitment to making healthcare more accessible and effective across the state. The issue also highlights the activities conducted by the State Technical Support Unit TB – Uttar Pradesh, which includes the strategic push adopted to enhance the presumptive TB examination rate and also the training and pilot launch of the  Pharmacy app.

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PAHAL Issue 22

The summer edition of this year’s PAHAL newsletter, highlights the remarkable progress UP-TSU has made in supporting the Health Department to advance public health across community, facility, and system levels in Uttar Pradesh.

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PAHAL Video Magazine 2023

The PAHAL 2023 video newsletter dives into how UP TSU supported the GoUP at community, facility and system levels to bring healthcare impact in the areas of MNCH, Nutrition, Family Planning and Health Systems Strengthening

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