ASHAs act as an interface between the community and the public health system in creating awareness on health and its social determinants within the community, and mobilizing the community towards local health planning and increased utilization of health services. This brief highlights importance of building capacities of ASHAs through the cluster meeting platform.
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Comprehensive Digital Health Application for Uttar Pradesh is a digital job-aid tool for FLWs, district and block health officials for collecting the data at source. It is a mobile and web-based application that is built on a low-code platform based on key national and relevant international standards. The platform helps in collecting comprehensive unitized data at source for improved service delivery.
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The Government of Uttar Pradesh has rolled out a comprehensive digital health application called e-Kavach with the support of UP TSU. The app allows for longitudinal tracking of patient information – family planning, ANC, PNC, child health, & non-communicable diseases. It is intended for FLWs and facility-based users, with data available to all health officials for monitoring, identifying gaps, and developing implementation strategies. The report talks in-depth about the roll-out, challenges, and learnings from the pilot implemented in Uttar Pradesh.
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PAHAL Issue 16 reflects back on the year 2022 and some key achievements by the Health and ICDS departments of UP. Some of the key highlights have been the in-principle agreement to link Revenue Villages to Health and Wellness Centers and to align the household responsibility of ASHAs and Anganwadi Workers within a revenue village. This will help reduce the missed beneficiaries for health and nutrition services and in easy exchange of data between the two.
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The idea behind launching the ‘Daksh’ training was to enable the service providers, including the nurse mentors to provide high-quality maternal and child health services. It was a state-level, six-day, competency-based residential training and certification program to be implemented through a skill lab.
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