Shitanshu Shriwastaw

A results-driven Public Health Specialist with over 10 years of experience in the strategic design, management, and scale-up of high-impact health initiatives across Uttar Pradesh. Core expertise encompasses RMNCH+A (Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health), Family Planning, and Community Systems Strengthening. Demonstrated success in end-to-end project leadership for flagship programs, including the Comprehensive Abortion Care (CAC) Project, the ReMiND mHealth Project, the Community Engagement Leadership Development (CELD) Pilot, and the Garima Project on Menstrual Health.

Proven ability to drive measurable improvements in health indicators by forging and leveraging robust multi-stakeholder partnerships with National Health Mission (NHM), Medical Colleges, NRC, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU), Railway Protection Force (RPF), Government Railway Police Force (GRPF), Labour Department, Roadways, and a wide network of NGO partners. Adept at bridging policy and grassroots implementation through strategic advocacy, capacity building of healthcare providers, and large-scale community mobilization to ensure sustainable health outcomes and strengthen public health systems.

Freelance Master Trainer- Nutrition & PLA - Ekjut India - Lucknow

(2026-05 - 2026-05)

Successfully completed a 4-day residential Training of Trainers (ToT) on Nutrition & Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) organized by EKJUT at Lucknow (May 4-7, 2026), gaining in-depth understanding of PLA 4-step cycle, JOHAR Trial, AAM Project, ICMR-NIN 2024 My Plate guidelines, double/triple burden of malnutrition, and community mobilization.

Executive Trainings in CAC (Comprehensive Abortion Care) Project / State Director - Ipas Development Foundation - Uttar Pradesh

(2020-11 - 2025-09)

CAC (Comprehensive Abortion Care) Project aims to Reduce Maternal Mortality and Morbidity through increasing Safe Abortion Ecosystem/safe Abortion services and PAFP Post Abortion Family Planning services.

• Led CAC (Comprehensive Abortion Care) Project, Covered 5 division Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Azamgarh, Kanpur Nagar, Devipatan
• Handle and preparing of MTP/MVA/CAC Training calendar
• Facilitated/Organized state-level CAC (ToT) and Conducted comprehensive orientations on MTP Act amendment 2021 for Medical Colleges, District Hospitals, CHCs, PHCs, and AAM/UAAM
• PIP Activity, selection of training centre, facilitated nomination of Medical officers for CAC training from relevant districts
• Post training follow up, CAC- Comprehensive Abortion Care services and PAFP - Post Abortion Family Planning services
• Support to provider for performing cases, with instruments process, infection prevention, MVA 10 steps
• Record keeping/documentation and reporting to CMOs
• Participate and attend Division & District review meeting
• FBI (Facility Based Intervention) with facility staff and Provider
• Organize CIO (Community Based Health Intermediaries Orientation) with ASHA and ANM
• Formation of DLC (District Level Committee) with CMOs, CAC Nodal, IMA member, Gynaecologists, other NGO partners
• Motivation of CAC Nodal for online registration of private facility
• Liaison and coordination with UP-NHM, Division & District as well as state level health Department and other partners like SIFSA, PSI, UPTSU etc.
• Received Appreciation Award from Additional Directors (MH & FW) Medical Health and Family Welfare, Lucknow Division and Kanpur Division for outstanding contributions to the Family Planning Programme (2024)
• Received Appreciation Award from Additional Directors (MH & FW) Medical Health and Family Welfare, Basti Division and Azamgarh Division for outstanding contributions to the Family Planning Programme (2023)

District Level Committee Member (MTP Act 1971) - Ipas Development Foundation - Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, Unnao, Sant Kabir Nagar, Kannauj, Mau, Ballia, Basti

(2023-01)

• Evaluated and approved Form A applications from private healthcare facilities seeking authorization for Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) services
• Conducted on-site inspections to verify infrastructure, equipment, and staff qualifications, ensuring compliance with MTP Act 1971 guidelines
• Issued Form B certifications to qualified facilities, enabling them to legally provide safe abortion services

Member, Rogi Kalyan Sammiti (RKS) - Ipas Development Foundation - AHM Duffrin, Kanpur Nagar

(2024-01)

• Contribute to patient welfare initiatives and hospital management decisions
• Facilitate community engagement in healthcare governance

Project Coordinator in CAC (Comprehensive Abortion Care) Project - Vatsalya Organisation Lucknow - Uttar Pradesh

(2019-10 - 2020-10)

Covered 4 division Ayodhya, Kanpur, Jhansi, Chitrkoot.

• Handle preparing of CAC Training calendar
• Post training follow up
• Support to provider for performing cases, with instruments process, infection prevention
• Record keeping/documentation and reporting to CMOs
• FBI (Facility Based Intervention)
• CIO with ASHA and ANM
• Formation of DLC (District Level Committee) with CMOs, CAC Nodal, IMA member, Gynaecologists, other NGO partners
• Motivation of CAC Nodal for online registration of private providers
• Liaison and coordination with UP-NHM, Division & District as well as state level health Department and other partners like SIFSA, UPTSU etc.

Project Facilitator Lucknow in ReMiND (Reduce Maternal and New Born Deaths) Project - Vatsalya Organisation Lucknow - Kaushambhi and Lucknow (BKT Block)

(2018-11 - 2019-09)

This was an mHealth project which was being implemented at Kaushambhi and Lucknow (BKT Block). The project aimed to increase ASHA coverage; increasing the frequency and quality of counselling by ASHAs to their clients; increasing client knowledge of danger signs during and after pregnancy; and increasing adoption of key Maternal, New-born and Child Health (RMNCH) and nutrition practices by clients.

• Overall planning, budgeting, managing and leading the team along with documentation and report writing
• Planning of training at various levels
• Liaising and coordination with UP-NHM, block, district as well as state level health department
• Maintaining project data's, MIS, documents, files and records
• Desk review of current policies, practices, guidelines & updates and sharing it with team members
• Strengthening of health departments platforms like ASHA Sangini meeting, AS-ASHA meeting, etc.
• Managing the technical issues of programme

Team Leader CELD (Community Engagement Leadership Development) Pilot Project - Vatsalya Organisation Lucknow - Block – Isanagar, Lakhimpur

(2017-08 - 2018-10)

Community Engagement Leadership Development - Pilot Project (CELD) is Centralized to community leader like Pradhan, Religious Leader MP, MLA, Block Pramukh and Impactful person to aware and sensitize to RMNCH +A and Nutrition through one to one meeting and use of pocket book and Panchayat Module. Then community leaders take good initiative on health services in Panchayat level and Mobilizing communities for RMNCH +A and Nutrition, forming and strengthening Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Committee (VHSNC) and strengthening Village Health and Nutrition Day (VHND), promoting ANC services during VHND.

Major Project Associated: Community Engagement Leadership Development Model - CELDM. This Project is implementing in Block - Isanagar, District - Lakhimpur UP. It involves Strengthening of VHSNC – Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Committee and Village Health and Nutrition Day at Panchayat level and worked as supportive agency of Health Department of Government. The programme is supported by the GHS – Global Health Strategies and implemented by Vatsalya NGO, Lucknow U.P

• Facilitation orientation on VHND guideline and joint planning
• Empowering local stakeholder on to effective implementation of VHND
• Advocacy with Block officials BDO, ADO, CDPO, MOIC, BPM, BCPM, HEO, and BEO on concern issues
• Participate AWW sector meeting, ASHA cluster meeting, AAA meeting, ASHA sankulan meeting, ANM meeting, VHSNC meeting
• Organize Block level interface and convergence meeting and advocacy for VHSNC and untied fund

Block Coordinator CELD (Community Engagement Leadership Development) Pilot Project - Vatsalya Organisation Lucknow - Block – Isanagar, Lakhimpur

(2017-01 - 2017-07)

Community Engagement Leadership Development - Pilot Project (CELD) is centralized to community leader like Pradhan Religious Leader and Impactful person to aware and sensitize to RMNCH +A and Nutrition through one to one meeting and use of pocket book and Panchayat Module then community leaders take good initiative on health services in Panchayat level and Mobilizing communities For RMNCH+A, forming and strengthening Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition committee (VHSNC) and strengthening Village Health and Nutrition Day (VHND).

Program Support Coordinator (Garima - Project, UNICEF) - Vatsalya Organisation Lucknow - Block - Khuthan, Jaunpur

(2016-02 - 2016-12)

To increase the number of adolescent girls who are able to understand menstruation and the benefits of menstrual hygiene and understand the menstrual cycle period in 190 village's.

• Capacity building of front line staff such as ASHA, AWW, ANM, FF, peer educator on menstrual hygiene & management related issues
• Liaison with CMO, BDO, MOIC, ADO, HEO, PRIs, BEO, BPM, BCPM
• Participate AWW sector meeting, ASHA cluster meeting, AAA meeting, ANM meeting
• Organize Block level interface meeting and convergence meeting
• Regular monitoring and supportive supervision of Field Facilitators, documentation and reporting
• Prepare and share with Project officer

City Coordinator CHILDLINE 1098 Gorakhpur - DISA Organisation Basti - Gorakhpur

(2013-10 - 2014-11)

CHILDLINE reaches out to the most marginalized children with the aim of providing them rehabilitation in the shelters homes, medical aid repatriation, rescue, emotional support and guidance etc.

• Support to collab and sub collab organization
• Liaison with administration department, Health department, National Initiative for child protection(NICP), Media and Child welfare committee(CWC), District Child Protection Unit (DCPU), Labour Department, RPF, GRPF and Anti Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU), Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), Special Juvenile Police Unit, (SPJU), Urban Local Body (ULB)
• Organized Puppet show, Bal Sabha, Childline Advisory Board Meeting(CAB) open house, outreach with team members, Canopy Stall, Kuli Meeting, Venders Meeting, Taxi Driver Meeting, Rickshaw Pullers Meeting, Street Play, workshop to child rights and Annual review meeting etc.

Supporting Staff NACO 3rd National Aids Control Programme - Amar Shaheed Chetana Sansthan Ballia - Ballia

(2010-01 - 2011-12)

• Documentation, counselling HRG (MSM, FSW, Intra Venus drug users)
• Field outreach, with peer educators
• Liaisons with health department and administrative department

MAPC - MA Psychology - IGNOU (2021-01)

MPH - Master of Public Health - Dr. Rammnohar Lohiya Avadh University Ayodhya (2019-01 - 2021-12)

MSW - Master of Social Work - IGNOU (2011-01 - 2015-12)

BA - Bachelor of Arts - Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth Varanasi (2007-01 - 2010-12)