UNICEF Assistance in collaboration with
the Government of India
The Master Plan Operation (MPO) 1991-95 was
launched in 1991, with the help of UNICEF, to prevent childhood
disabilities in India. The Master Plan of Operation short-listed
the following components of programs as major areas of activities:
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Strengthening and integrating disability prevention and rehabilitation
in existing government services at the community level.
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Support for communications, including audio-visual and print
media for advocacy, information and training.
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Support to research and planning, especially to studies which
promote interventions that can be taken up by the community
in rural areas and/or urban slums.
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Support for innovative projects at the community level, particularly
those being run by NGOs.
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Monitoring and evaluation of ongoing programs.
Objectives of the Master Plan of Operations (Bridge Program) 1996-97
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The convention on the rights of the child
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National Plan and State Plan of Action for the prevention,
early detection and intervention of childhood disability
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The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(ESCAP): The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific at the 48th session, held at Beijing in 1992, adopted
its Resolution No. 48/3 which proclaimed the period 1993-2002
as the Asian and the Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, with
a view to give fresh impetus to the implementation of World
Program of Action concerning disabled persons in the ESCAP Region
beyond 1992. India is a signatory to the ESCAP Resolution. It
had hosted UNESCAP Technical Workshop on the Production and
Distribution of Indigenous Assistance Devices at Madras from
5 to 14 September, 1995, in which representatives of about 22
countries participated. India has been in the forefront of the
international movement towards protecting the rights and interests
of persons with disabilities. India was also an active partner
in the International Year of the Disabled Persons; UN Decade
of Disabled Persons; SAARC Year of Disabled Persons, 1993 and
ESCAP.
National Awards
On the occasion of the World
Disabled Day every year, the President of India gives away National
Awards to:
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