Description of Session
‘Online SBCC Materials Approval (OSMA)’ is an online software application(http://osma.mohfw.gov.bd) designed to digitize and simplify the activities of the IEC Technical Committee constituted for approval of quality HPN SBCC materials assuring the compatibility of policy and social values, informative statements and acceptability under the 4th HPNSP of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), prepared for strengthening the awareness program, aimed at changing the health-related behavior of the community. The application has been developed to enable IEC Technical Committee to receive, review and approve SBCC materials in a systematic digital process. Due to this application, IEC Technical Committee as well as the applicants, like directorates and units under MoHFW and NGOs, will be able to save time and resources that is spent on getting a material approved. This application ensures the highest quality SBCC materials are approved and avoid duplication of materials. The application preserves the approved SBCC materials in digital form and develops regular updating of information on HPN SBCC materials production and dissemination. As part of USAID-Ujjiban SBCC project’s role for capacity and system strengthening of MoHFW and following the Comprehensive SBCC Strategy, Ujjiban has developed this system to overcome the challenges of the manual procedure and brings about an automated and effective mechanism for GoB and NGOs. Primarily this digital platform for submission, recommendation and approval of SBCC materials has considered the MoHFW and NGO applicants’ requirements and tested the interface to upgrade navigation and make it user-friendly. Security issues and issues related to uploading the application to the DG-MIS server were also resolved in this stage. In the second stage an archive for revised and approved SBCC materials, and reports was developed. In addition to archiving meeting minutes and materials, the archival feature stores complete information about materials and reports.
