by Haryananewswire
CHANDIGARH, MAY 24
The Haryana Government has submitted Rs 810-crore Programme Implementation Plan (PIP) to the Union Government for launching key vertical programmes which include mental health and
healthcare of the elderly persons in the state.
Stating this here today, Haryana Health Minister, Rao Narender Singh, said that out of the total amount, a sum of Rs 188 crore has been proposed for such new vertical programmes as National Mental Health Programme (NMHP), National Programme for the Healthcare of Elderly (NPCHE), National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP), National Oral Health Program (NOHP), National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke (NPCDCS).
The minister said that under the PIP, the other initiatives proposed include construction of four Maternal and Child Health Wings at Sirsa, Narnaul, Jhajjar and Ambala; Preconception Care Package; Infant Young Child Feeding counseling centres; Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) room; establishment of New Nutrition Rehabilitation Center (NRC); Diarrhea training and treatment units (DTTU); Strengthening of Peer Learning and skill Demonstrations Sites (PLSDS) in seven High Priority Districts and Newborn Screening Lab.
He said that 16 DEICc had been constructed in the state and equipment for 21 DEICs had been procured. Five new MMUs have also been procured.
During the current year, there is a plan to open New AFHC in 11 districts in sub-divional hospitals.
With a view to extending the health services offered in the state, emphasis has been laid on maternal and child health care programmes.
He said that intra-partum and immediate post partum care standards are being implemented at all labour rooms to reduce MMR, still-births and IMR. Haryana is the first state to introduce and implement preconception care package in for better maternal and child out comes.
He disclosed that as a result of the maternal and child health care programmes being implemented in the state, health index has shown considerable improvement. The mother mortality rate has been reduced to 146 from 186 in 2004-05.
Similarly, infant mortality rate has been reduced from 61 to 42. Institutional deliveries have also been encouraged which have now been increased to 84.2 per cent against 23 per cent in 2004, the minister added.
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CHANDIGARH, MAY 24
The Haryana Government has submitted Rs 810-crore Programme Implementation Plan (PIP) to the Union Government for launching key vertical programmes which include mental health and
healthcare of the elderly persons in the state.
Stating this here today, Haryana Health Minister, Rao Narender Singh, said that out of the total amount, a sum of Rs 188 crore has been proposed for such new vertical programmes as National Mental Health Programme (NMHP), National Programme for the Healthcare of Elderly (NPCHE), National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP), National Oral Health Program (NOHP), National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke (NPCDCS).
The minister said that under the PIP, the other initiatives proposed include construction of four Maternal and Child Health Wings at Sirsa, Narnaul, Jhajjar and Ambala; Preconception Care Package; Infant Young Child Feeding counseling centres; Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) room; establishment of New Nutrition Rehabilitation Center (NRC); Diarrhea training and treatment units (DTTU); Strengthening of Peer Learning and skill Demonstrations Sites (PLSDS) in seven High Priority Districts and Newborn Screening Lab.
He said that 16 DEICc had been constructed in the state and equipment for 21 DEICs had been procured. Five new MMUs have also been procured.
During the current year, there is a plan to open New AFHC in 11 districts in sub-divional hospitals.
With a view to extending the health services offered in the state, emphasis has been laid on maternal and child health care programmes.
He said that intra-partum and immediate post partum care standards are being implemented at all labour rooms to reduce MMR, still-births and IMR. Haryana is the first state to introduce and implement preconception care package in for better maternal and child out comes.
He disclosed that as a result of the maternal and child health care programmes being implemented in the state, health index has shown considerable improvement. The mother mortality rate has been reduced to 146 from 186 in 2004-05.
Similarly, infant mortality rate has been reduced from 61 to 42. Institutional deliveries have also been encouraged which have now been increased to 84.2 per cent against 23 per cent in 2004, the minister added.
===balbirsingh227@gmail.com
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