India s disease screening programme grabs S-A nations attention
By IANS |
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Tue, Mar 9 2021 17:42 IST |
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Mumbai, March 9 : India s Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) screening programme, facilitated by Tata Trusts and Dell, has now grabbed the attention of several South Asian countries, officials said here on Tuesday.
While Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar are interested in replicating the NCD screening, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has presented it to the 11 member-countries of its South-East Asian Region for population-based screening and its large-scale utility by field-level health workers.
Launched in 2017, the programme has so far enrolled around 7 crore people (80 million) across 29 states and UTs and has screened around 30 million (3 crore) for diseases like diabetes, hypertension and certain types of cancers.
Jammu: Nearly, 2429 Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) of NHM, Jammu and Kashmir today appeared in the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) Theory Examination for Certification by NIOS.
The examination was conducted by NIOS in all the districts of the UT amid strict observance of COVID-19 protocols in the designated Centers in which 129 ASHAs appeared in Jammu district, 119 in Doda, 123 in Kathua, 116 in Kishtwar, 126 in Poonch, 178 in Rajouri, 116 in Ramban, 143 in Reasi, 129 in Samba, 123 in Udhampur, 125 in Anantnag, 141 in Bandipora, 152 in Baramulla, 129 in Budgam, 7 in Ganderbal, 120 in Kulgam, 121 in Kupwara, 180 in Pulwama, 97 in Shopian and 55 appeared in Srinagar district.
Pertinently, despite the COVID-19 pandemic J&K is at the topmost position among states and UTs where 20% of ASHAs appeared in the All India level NIOS examination held across the country today. Till date, 24.69% ASHAs of J&K have been certified by NIOS and the NIOS certification in J&
NIOS certification in the UT likely to touch 41%, highest in the country JAMMU: Nearly, 2429 Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) of NHM, Jammu and
GUWAHATI: Assam spends more than many of the rich states in per capita healthcare, which eventually reduces the out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) of the people. But, the state has few nurses and fewer doctors than prescribed by WHO to effectively man the healthcare system.
The economic survey 2021 states that there are just five allopathic and Ayush doctors and 15 nurses and midwives for every 10,000 population in Assam, which means that skill mix ratio of doctors and nurses is lop-sided. The combined number of 20 health workers (doctors and nurses) for every 10,000 population is far below the lower threshold of 23.
Kerala, which is at the top, has 65 health workers (42 doctors and 23 nurses) for every 10,000 population. In fact, Kerala is the only state in the country where the number of doctors is more than the minimum threshold of 23 and is almost “adequate.”