The objective of National Deworming Day (NDD) is to deworm all preschool and school-age children between the ages of 1-19 years through the platform of schools and anganwadi centers in order to improve their overall health, nutritional status, access to education and quality of life.
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Information on Wage Compensation Scheme, Assam
The objective of the scheme is to provide better health and nutrition to the Pregnant Women of the Tea Garden Areas. Under the scheme a cash benefit of Rupees 12,000 is provided to each pregnant woman of tea garden areas in four instalments so that she can better look after herself and her unborn baby without compromising the livelihood of her family.
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Website of Health & Family Welfare Department of Assam
The Health & Family Welfare Department of Assam is one of the vital departments under the Govt. of Assam and it is located at the Assam Secretariat Block-D, Dispur, Guwahati. For administrative convenience, the Health and Family Welfare Department of Assam has been categorized into two divisions - Health-A and Health-B. All hospitals and health institutions apart from the Medical and Nursing Colleges come under Health-A. Whereas all...
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Information on Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS), Assam
Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) programme is for in school adolescent boys and girls (10–19 years) and out of school girls (10–19 years) in urban and rural areas. The programme implemented through the platform of Government/Government aided/ municipal schools and AWCs.
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Sewasetu Portal, Assam
SewaSetu is an initiative of the Government of Assam to deliver the Government services at the doorsteps of the citizens.
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Information on Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA), Assam
ASHAs are serving as a bridge between the community and health care service providers. The community also consider the ASHAs as the first and reliable port of call when there is any issue related to health arises.
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Information on Assam Arogya Nidhi, Assam
This is a yearly Financial Assistance Scheme provided as reimbursement to members of families whose yearly income is less than Rs. 5 lakhs for treatment of serious diseases including accident cases.
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Information on Adarani Dropback Service under JSSK Scheme, Assam
This project was initiated with an aim to increase institutional delivery which was very low before inception of Adarani project due to lack of reverse transportation and high out of pocket expenditure.
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Information on Boat Clinic, Assam
National Health Mission already providing health services to the communities residing in the remote river islands (Char/Saporis) of the River Brahmaputra in 13 (Thirteen) Districts of the State with 15 (Fifteen) Boat Clinic units. Fifteen (15) Boat Clinic units are operational at Dhubri, Barpeta, Nalbari, Morigaon, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Jorhat, Goalpara, Bongaigaon, Kamrup District and one each additional units in...