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CHETNA had designed and printed books on Covid-19 Awareness. The books were printed in 10 different languages. (Hindi, English, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi, Kannada, Bengali) The book has information on what is Covid- 19 infection, how it spreads, Sign and symptoms of a person having covid infection. Steps for prevention from covid infection. The book is designed for the community at CHETNA’s intervention area. It also has information on Covid helpline numbers and proper wearing and care of face mask.

To equip the frontline workers and counselors with knowledge of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) CHETNA has develop a set of booklets on 13 topics.
• Growing up – physical changes during puberty
• Sexual and Reproductive organs and its functions
• Menstruation and Menstrual Hygiene
• Safe Motherhood and Delivery
• Sexual and reproductive rights
• Sex and sexuality
• Safer sex
• Contraceptives
• HIV
• Sexually Transmitted and Reproductive Tract Infections
• Abortion
• Gender-based violence
• Understanding gender and gender equality with special reference to sexual identity

In each topic relevant information concern to Man having Sex with Man (MSM) and Female Sex Worker (FSW) is included.

Language: On request set of these booklets can be printed in Gujarati, Hindi and English languages .

• Useful For: Counselors, Health Educators, Anganwadi Workers, Auxilary Nurse Midwife, ASHA, MSM and Female Sex Workers and for general awareness
• Format: Kit
• Size: 21x21 cm. 148 pages

Iron deficiency Anaemia is the most common nutritional disorder observed among women and girls in India. To a large extent, women’s secondary social status is responsible for this condition. In an effort to prevent nutritional anaemia, this kit is developed to be used by the frontline workers to create awareness among women, adolescents and men.

• Theme: Causes, prevention and cure for Anaemia, Gender inequality and Anaemia, Hookworm infestation, Malaria and Anaemia.
• Useful For: Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANM), Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA), Anganwadi workers (AWW), Link workers, Community Health Workers.
• Format: Compilation of interactive learning material like window chart, folk songs and script for a role play, disc chart, posters and folders accompanied by a reference book packaged in an easy to carry cotton bag.
• Size: 36 x 29 cm
• Language: Hindi / Gujarati / English

A set of 11 pamphlets on different health and nutrition-related issues from a gender perspective emphasizes the critical need for women’s empowerment and participation for their health and development. The pamphlets contain valuable information for prospective building and sensitization on various issues of women and girls.

• Theme: Anaemia, HIV/AIDS, mental and emotional health, women's work and health, Indigenous health, and healing, violence, and health, Breast Cancer, etc.
• Useful For: Programme planners, policy makers, NGO leaders
• Format: Pamphlets
• Size: 24 x 11 cm, 3 folds
• Language: Hindi / Gujarati / English

This illustrated booklet is for pregnant women and family members to learn about their health and nutrition service entitlements, so as to access them from public health programmes. A birth preparedness calendar is a pictorial checklist for family members of pregnant woman. They have to fill up crucial information such as phone numbers of key people who need to be contacted for safe delivery facilities, transport, etc.

• Theme: Maternal health service entitlements and birth preparedness
• Useful For: Auxiliary Nurse Midwives, ASHAs, Anganwadi workers, Link workers, Community Health Workers, Pregnant women, Family members.
• Format: Maternal health entitlements Booklet
• Language: Hindi / Gujarati

This is a set of illustrative material with minimum text, promoting safe motherhood. Poster- depicts the journey of a woman from conception throughout pregnancy till she reaches a health facility to deliver a child, highlighting all her health and nutrition entitlements. Calendar- Highlights messages related to the care of pregnant women and health and nutrition entitlements. Booklet- highlights the role and responsibility of family members.

• Theme: Maternal health
• Useful For: Auxiliary Nurse Midwives, ASHAs, Anganwadi workers, Link workers, Community Health Workers, Young women, Pregnant women, Husband, and other family members.
• Format: Multicoloured Poster
• Size: Multicoloured Poster Size: 48.5 x 69.5 cm. Single coloured Booklet Size: 13.5 x 21.5 cm, 23 pages. Multicoloured Calendar Size: 43 x 27 cm, 8 Pages
• Language: English

This graphic set of red books (reference book and picture book) explains the importance of safe delivery. It helps frontline workers to identify risk factors during pregnancy, childbirth and immediately after childbirth. The reference book explains the process of childbirth and risk factors in simple language. The picture book has one illustration on each page highlighting risk factors.

• Theme: Safe Motherhood, risks during pregnancy, childbirth and after childbirth to mother and child.
• Useful For: Auxiliary Nurse Midwives, Traditional Birth Attendants, ASHAs, Anganwadi Workers, Link workers and Community Health Workers.
• Format: Booklets
• Size: 27.8 x 21.5 cm, 32 pages
• Language: Hindi / Gujarati

This compilation of material promotes the importance of breastfeeding, complementary nutrition, and personal hygiene. It also contains a compilation of energy-dense nutritious recipes of complementary food, made from local food items.

• Theme: Complementary food, breastfeeding
• Useful For: Auxiliary Nurse Midwives, ASHAs, Anganwadi workers, Link workers, Community Health Workers
• Format: Spiral-bound counseling booklet, jigsaw puzzles, snakes and ladders game, recipe booklet along with poster, Toran with messages related to personal hygiene, etc.
• Language: Hindi / Gujarati

A child’s health and nutrition are determined by the quality of nutrition s/he receives during the first 1000 days (conception to two years of age) of life. The kit comprises a module supported by 17 interactive Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) materials, keeping in view the low literacy level of women. It is specially designed to use by women’s Self Help Groups (SHGs).

• Theme: Maternal and Child nutrition, health, sanitation, family food and nutrition security, convergence with government services.
• Useful For: Women leaders of Self Help Groups, Auxiliary Nurse Midwives, ASHAs, Anganwadi workers, Link workers, Community Health Workers.
• Format: Manual and interactive Material in the form of game and puzzles.
• Language: Hindi

This is a set of a training module and three illustrative booklets on women’s health from women’s perspective. The booklets contain all the topics covered in the training module. They are specially designed to provide frontline workers a reference material. At the end of each topic, the role of different stakeholders is described to support women to bring about change in their health and nutrition status.

• Theme: Nutrition, Work and Health, Health and healing practices, First Aid, Process of growing up, Conception, Care during pregnancy, Care during and after childbirth, Contraceptives, Infertility, Abortion, Reproductive tract infections, Sexually transmitted infections, Cervical and breast cancers, HIV/AIDS, Safe water, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Leprosy, Addiction and health of elderly persons.
• Useful For: Auxiliary Nurse Midwives, ASHAs, Anganwadi workers, Link workers, Community Health Workers, health educators and NGO functionaries, trainers
• Format: Training Module and Illustrative booklets
• Size: Training Module 28 x 21.5 cm, 148 pages and Illustrative booklets 18 x 23 cm, 63 Pages
• Language: Hindi / Gujarati / English