Midterm review of the Reproductive Child Health Nutrition and HIV / AIDS Program (RACHNA).

RACHNA (Reproductive and Child Health Nutrition and HIV/AIDS) is CAREs new program umbrella that consists of two projects. The first is INHPII (Integrated Nutrition and Health Project) which provides basic food child health and nutrition information and services. INHP-II is underway in 78 districts in nine states (Andhra Pradesh Bihar Chhattisgarh Jharkhand Madhya Pradesh Orissa Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. The second is Chayan a relatively new project that deals with reproductive health and HIV/AIDs. The rural component of Chayan provides reproductive health information and referrals in 29 districts in four of the same states as INHP-II: Chhattisgarh Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. The urban component of Chayan (which provides HIV/AIDS information and referrals for high-risk groups and youth) is underway in 21 cities in the four states as well as in selected slums of Delhi. (excerpt)