Dr. Prashant NS, faculty and PhD scholar at Institute of Public Health, facilitated a session on District Health Action Plan (DHAP) and NRHM Program Implementation Plan (PIP) on 9th of January 2012 for the District and Block Program Managers, Tumkur
The session focused on understanding the PIP guidelines with greater attention to chapters that would help the participants in formulating an effective PIP for the year 2012 – 13. The session started with a brief interactive discussion on definition of planning, planning process, planning cycle and its importance. This was followed by a group activity, in which the participants were given a scenario (from their work) and asked to apply the planning cycle and understand the difference between each step involved. This was followed by a debriefing and discussion session. The session ended with an assignment on making a situational analysis at individual block level.
