Mohammad Azam

Supported routine immunization programs including campaigns, cold chain management, Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Days (VHSNDs), 108 Aspirational Block Programme, promotion of institutional deliveries, HBNC Programme, community follow-up of SNCU graduates, Stop Diarrhea campaign, and also contributed responses to public health emergencies, including Polio, JE-AES, and COVID-19, through planning, capacity building, supportive supervision, use of data and review at various forums. Mobilized cross-sectoral support for the Health Department from Education, ICDS, PRI, Rural Development, Namami Gange, UPSRLM, IMA, IAP, and other stakeholders through strategic convergence.

Block Mobilization Coordinator at SMNet (UNICEF)-Block Gunnaur District Sambhal Uttar Pradesh (2024-05 – 2026-03)

• Presented programmatic updates and ensured follow-ups in monthly tehsil task force meeting, block task force meetings, block nutrition committee, ABP review meetings.
• Facilitate field visits of Sub District Magistrate, Block Development Officer, MOICs and other block level authorities to strengthen program oversight.
• Lead mapping and ensured engagement of formal, informal institutions and influencers, academic institutions, professional bodies, media, civil societies and public representatives
• Supportive supervision visits for strengthening of service delivery platforms- VHSNDs, PMSMAs, Sub Centres/ Ayushman Arogya Mandir,
• Provided training, handholding, supportive supervision to ASHAs, Sanginis, ANMs, AWWs, Teachers, Pradhan and Ward Members etc. to achieve programme targets.
• Data analysis for identifications of gaps, creating evidence for scalability of intervention, documentation of best practices, human interest stories etc.
• Cold Chain Management: Ensured cold chain points achieved >80% (Category A) compliance across 10 quality parameters.
• Routine Immunization: Identified 950 vaccine-hesitant families; 487 received due vaccines in year 2025.
• VHSND Performance: Improved composite VHSND index (21 maternal and child health service parameters) 95% in year 2025.
• Institutional Deliveries: Increased institutional deliveries in selected high home delivery pockets through activation of new 2 delivery points, improving ambulance response and birth planning.
• Aspirational Block Programme: All comparison April-June 2023 to July to September 2025.
• Early registration: 13 % to 77 %
• Four ANC visits: 30 % to 77 %
• Institutional deliveries: 90 % to 93 %
• Immunization coverage: 87 % to 90 %
• Hypertension screening: 0 % to 53 %
• Diabetes screening: 0 % to 53 %
• Campaign & Emergency Response Support: Supported quality implementation of JE-AES, MR, IMI, and COVID-19 vaccination campaigns.

E Kavach Coordinator at IHAT (TSU)- District Badaun Uttar Pradesh (2023-05 – 2024-05)

• To support the FLWs and supervisors to roll out E Kavach application and its implementation.
• Provided need based special technical support District Level on E Kavach.
• FLW Support for ABHA ID on E Kavach Portal.
• VHSND Session Login, RI Vaccination updation and enumeration support on E Kavach.
• To highlight gaps identified during VHSND Session/AAA Meetings/Cluster Meetings/ ANM meetings visits at Block level review meetings with CMO/DIO/DPM/DCPM and facilitate the discussions to take appropriate solution to fill the gaps.
• District Level BPM/BCPM Monthly Review Meeting support on E Kavach Portal.

Block Outreach Coordinator at IHAT(TSU)- Block Sahaswan District Badaun Uttar Pradesh (2021-10 – 2023-04)

• To support Department of Health and Family Welfare (DHFW) and Department of Child Development (DoCD) implementation of health and nutrition programs of GoUP.
• To support in strengthening cluster meeting, Sub Centre level meetings and Sector meetings.
• To conduct visits to Village Health Sanitation & Nutrition Days (VHSND) and to provide supportive supervision and mentoring support FLWs (ASHA, ANM, AWW).
• To ensure the data quality and its utilization for the programmatic development.
• To highlight gaps identified during VHSND/home visits/mentoring visits at block level review meetings with MOIC/CDPO/ BCPM and facilitate the discussions to take appropriate solution to fill the gaps.
• To provide mentoring and handholding support to ASHA Sangini, Mukhya Sevika, RMNCH+N interventions.
• To mentor the FLWs on mobilization of the community at service delivery platforms.
• To facilitate timely indent and regular monitoring of collection of drugs from the warehouse.
• To establish and strengthen the community-facility-community referral networks in the allocated geography.
• To closely monitor and support the priority interventions related to Low birth weight babies, HRP tracking, SAM children, SNCU Children Integrated VHSND and reducing home deliveries.
• To compile and share monthly activity and progress reports along with case studies best practices and success stories.

Block Mobilization Coordinator at SMNet (UNICEF)-Block Shergarh District Bareilly Uttar Pradesh (2016-10 – 2021-09)

• Provide technical assistance at Block level to improve coverage for Polio & routine immunization by Networking and Behavioral change communication in the Community.
• Develop Partnership with Block level partners as Health, Education, PRI, NPSP (W.H.O.) ICDS and Eminent Religious Leaders, Institutions/ Madarsas to plan and implement social mobilization/ lEC activities for the polio Eradication and Routine immunization/Mission Indradhanush program.
• Mobilizing field level stakeholders- especially Teachers, Pradhans, Anganwadi Workers, and Auxiliary Nurse Midwives for better program outcome.
• Conducting and participating in Trainings at Block level for awareness generation for Immunization, Health & sanitation.
• Accountable for planning, implementing and monitoring of Routine/Special immunization campaigns.
• Analyzing data and feedback from previous immunization campaigns and assisting in the development of special strategies to address high-risk areas such as urban slums and migrant populations.
• Prepare resource map of need based underserved educational, caste, occupational group and institutions that can be engaged constructively to support the implementation of underserved strategy.
• Plan and Implement activities to tackle Refusal /Resistance families In US Communities.
• Day- to- Day Administration and Supervision of Community Mobilization Coordinator CMCs.
• Capacity Building of ANMs, ASHA, AWW and other Stake holders in behavior change communication.
• Identify, recruit, train (build capacity of CMCs on skills, effective counseling such as partnership building, planning etc) and supervise community mobilizes (CMCs) in HRAs.
• Providing exhaustive formal orientation and On the job training to Community Mobilization Coordinator (CMCs).
• Assisting in preparation of CMC work plan and IEC activity plan for the respective areas.
• Supporting CMCs in creating awareness and educating the community about ongoing activities for polio eradication and routine immunization.
• Support Tehsil Task Force/Block Task Force meetings in developing and implementing Block social mobilization plan.
• Facilitate regular Block Social Mobilization Working Group Meetings.
• Ensuring quality implementation of various Social Mobilization activities at Block Level.
• Supportive supervision of field workers during Polio Round /RI/MI activities.

M.A. in Sociology – MJPRU Bareilly U.P. (2020)

CCC – NIELIT (DOEACC) (2014)