Village Health Sanitation and Nutrition Day (VHSND) is conceptualized under National Health Mission (NHM) across the country since 2007. It is a platform to provide provision of preventive and development services to the community through several flagship programmes introduced by Government.
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Information on Integrated 108 Mrityunjoy Emergency Response Service, Assam
The 108 Mrityunjoy Emergency Response Services was formally inaugurated on 6th November, 2008 at Guwahati. The objective of the partnership is to improve access of the general public to services like Medical, Police and Fire. There are in total 696 ambulances covering all 27 districts. This Service has also 7 Boat Ambulances equipped with emergency medicines to respond to medical emergencies in riverine areas and during floods is one of the...
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Information on National Deworming Day (NDD), Assam
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 National Iron Plus Initiative (NIPI), Assam
This programme is for school going boys and girls (5-10 years) and out of school girls (5-10 years) in urban and rural areas. The programme implemented through the platform of Government/Government aided/ municipal schools and AWCs.
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Information on Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre, Assam
The Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres are facility based care units where severely acute malnourished (SAM) children below five years are admitted with their mothers/ care givers for treatment, stabilization and rehabilitation.
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Information on National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), Assam
Under this programme, support is provided for strengthening of the health infrastructure and engagement of Human Resources in identified health facilities. To enhance community participation in health, a community health volunteer ASHA is promoted and a community based unit, named as Mahila Arogya Samiti (MAS) are formed in between 50-100 households.
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Information on Mission Smile, Assam
Mission smile is looking at bringing the cost per surgery down to Rs.17,500 form Rs 20000/- per surgery, which includes screening, travelling expense of the patient, their accommodation and fooding, camp cost, OT cost, travel expense of the Medical team of the NGO within India, their accommodation and fooding.
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Information on PPP with Charitable Hospital, Assam
The Charitable Hospitals are also instrumental in providing health care services to large number of urban poor population. NHM, Assam has signed MoU with the Private hospital/ trust hospitals for improvement of maternal and child health within in district specially in municipal wards, outreach areas and BPL families.
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Information on PPP with Tea Garden Hospitals, Assam
The tea community is one of the marginalised and socially excluded groups in Assam. They remain unserved in terms of basic health care facilities adding to high diseases burden and mortality rate.