pls send us detailed information regarding tiranga diet

What can we do for downloading this child care software? Please give URL, path or file.. dipti bhardwaj chetna

This is an excellent attempt however faithfulness of data can only be ensured if data capturing is as near to the place of event. In practice data is first captured at the village level by AWW / SAHIYA, sent to the sub centre where ANM assemble all the information, and then it is sent to Block MO who then collates the all information before sending to the district where it is first captured in the system. This also needs to include the projection or policy planning of the vaccine requirement at different level. For this it is necessary to capture the data of Under 5 children.
This is an good attempt, however this should not remain a software package alone and must have dashboard for all the levels to take a informed decision.
Dr. Ashok Kumar
State Operation Research Adviser
ITAP, Ranchi, Jharkhnd

ashok_iips@Yahoo.com

Can i speak with people who have developed this tool and site. if any one knows pls guide me to speak to them.
Regards,

<!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Source: http://www.igovernment.in/site/jharkhand-takes-mother-child- care-programme-hi-tech/ [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%-->

[quote comment="6120"]This is an excellent attemp however fidelity of data can only be ensured if data capaturing is as near to the place of event. In practice data is first captured at the villge level by AWW / ASHA, sent to the sub centre where ANM collate all the information, then it is sent to Block MO who then collate the all information before sending to the district where it is first captured in the system. This also need to include the projection or planning of the vaccine requirement at different level. For this it is necessary to capture the data of under 5 child.
this is an good attempt, however this should not remain a software package alone and must have dashboard for all the levels to take a informed decesion.

Sanjay Saxena

UNOPS

Norway India Partnership Initiatives

New Delhi

sanjays@unops.org[/quote]
There is a provision in the software to capture data for child under the age 5. The software generates the deadlines of vaccines based on date of birth for individual child in a AWC. This way individual child is being monitored.

[quote comment="5982"]Thanks for such thoughts. A Jharkhand like state will take another 50 years to implement it sucessfully. Where a block level office (health & ICDS) can not update records regularly (due to number of factors like non-availability of computers with network, irregular supply of power, lack of trained manpower, due to frequent transfer etc.), a hi-tech system like this is illusive to implement. It is not hi-tech, which will reduce maternal mortality or IMR. Only human intervention can save life. A backward supportive supervision can save a lot. But where is the manpower or motivation to so?

Anyway all the best and well wishes.[/quote]
The software is a tool in restricting IMR and MMR. How ever you are right saying human intervention is necessary to save lives but detection is equally important. So the software may help one to track the details of the area which can be focussed upon.

[quote comment="5947"]It is a welcome step and hope it will augment the activities of Mukhya Mantri Janani Sishu Surakhya Yojana which is one of the brain child of Mr.Madhu. I am still in doubt that who will enter the data, as far as I had been in the state for one month, I was amused to see the poor infrastructure and communication facilities in the state. People lack skills to carry out hi-tech infos, or the babus in RCH bhawan will feed the blanks to impress EPOS like organisations.

Please make sure that such innovations have sustainability, who will pay the bill for computer maintenance, are there enough provisions for AMC of computers and softwares, what about the feedback mechanism in the software and response time of these feedback.

I am sure people will look into all these for sustenance.

Subash[/quote]
DIOs NIC are there in each district to provide technical support for its proper implementation of the project in consultation with DC and Prorame Officers (CDPOs). Each CS office are equipped with Data Entry Operator for the work and some are to be appointed for the job of data entry. Sp far as the incorporation of the feedbacks in the software is concerned, the s/w has been developed after a number of meetings held with health officials. How ever if any changes is required that will be incorporated in due course of time by State Headquesrter of NIC.

[quote comment="5937"]Congratulations Jharkhand, I would appreciate if you would include indicators on breastfeeding in the monitoring format like mothers who begin breastfeeding within an hour, mothers who practice exclusive breastfeeding for first six months and begin complementary feeding after that. Those who cant are actually at risk of poor child health and nutrition

Dr. Arun Gupta, MD, FIAP,
National Coordinator, BPNI
Regional Coordinator IBFAN Asia
Phone: 91-11-27343608, 42683059
Mobile: 91 9911176306
Email : arun@ibfanasia.org
or arun.ibfan@gmail.com[/quote]

Thanx for your suggestion. We will try to incorporate indicator on breastfeeding in the monitoring format for mothers who begin breastfeeding within an hour after discussing with health officials.

Congratulations,
Need to find and track our own people for preventive health services is most daunting task. We all look forward to any new tech intervention to help us reach to those who are missing.
Regards,

This is an excellent attemp however fidelity of data can only be ensured if data capaturing is as near to the place of event. In practice data is first captured at the villge level by AWW / ASHA, sent to the sub centre where ANM collate all the information, then it is sent to Block MO who then collate the all information before sending to the district where it is first captured in the system. This also need to include the projection or planning of the vaccine requirement at different level. For this it is necessary to capture the data of under 5 child.
this is an good attempt, however this should not remain a software package alone and must have dashboard for all the levels to take a informed decesion.
Sanjay Saxena
UNOPS
Norway India Partnership Initiatives
New Delhi
sanjays@unops.org

<!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Ranchi: The Government of Jharkhand has implemented ?Mamta? a solution aimed at tracking mother and child care programme in the state. The programme, that is expected to considerably lower the infant as well as maternal mortality rate during pre and post natal phase, would also take care of the nutritional aspect of women and the newborn. The software has been designed and developed the state level National Informatics Centre (NIC). According to the Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda said that the state government at present is not able to keep track of ante natal and post natal care being provided to individual pregnant woman and the new born. The routine immunisation, which is to be provided to each of them, is hampered due to poor infrastructure, inadequate health personnel, hilly terrain, myths and misconception especially among tribal population and low literacy rate. According to NIC Technical Director and State Informatics Officer Shahid Ahmad, the state government conceptualised Mamta to overcome these problems. ?The broad objectives of the programme through the software is to reduce infant mortality rate (IMR), to improve the nutritional level of the child, to ensure completion of immunisation in children by tracking the proper growth of the individual child, and to reduce mother mortality rate (MMR) and reduce total fertility rate (TFR),? he said. Tech solutions The software is capable of capturing data of individual pregnant woman and the newly born child at Anganwadi level and offer unique name-based searches on mother and child from central database. The tool helps the state health authorities monitor the number of deliveries taking place and number of deliveries being conducted by professionals and institutions across the state. According to Ahmad, the solution helps track the type of birth?caesarean, still birth or normal birth?and the nutritional status of pregnant woman, including the use of iron folic acid tablets, tetanus toxide tablets and tiranga diet comprising pulses and cereals. Software Mamta has also been designed to track complications during antenatal care like jaundice, fever and bleeding by pregnant woman, as well as number of postnatal visits and care being provided by ANMs and LHV to the mother. Besides tracking the complications during postnatal period, it would also track the status of immunisation of individual child in an Anganwadi Centre and complete immunisation of newly born infants. The software would also help in preparing reports including the Anganwadi wise beneficiaries due list for immunisations, depicting the tentative date for immunisation of different categories of vaccines. With the help of the new software, the complete date chart for deadline of immunisation of different vaccines is automatically generated in report based on date of birth of child. It would help in preparing the list for pregnant woman taking IFA (iron folic acid), the analytical reports on individuals. The software would provide interpretative suggestions based on above reports and will help to make conclusive decisions based on analytical and interpretative reports. Source: iGovernment [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%-->

Thanks for such thoughts. A Jharkhand like state will take another 50 years to implement it sucessfully. Where a block level office (health & ICDS) can not update records regularly (due to number of factors like non-availability of computers with network, irregular supply of power, lack of trained manpower, due to frequent transfer etc.), a hi-tech system like this is illusive to implement. It is not hi-tech, which will reduce maternal mortality or IMR. Only human intervention can save life. A backward supportive supervision can save a lot. But where is the manpower or motivation to so?
Anyway all the best and well wishes.

It would be interesting to see how the programme is implimented.Normally the failure is in how we execute such programmess. The state is one of the bimaru states. I hope the precious resources are not wasted.

Reduction of child motality is an imortant goal for each of us at present. The step taken to monitor and track pre natal, post natal care and immunisation of ind child is a noble effort by the jharkhand Govt. We appreciate the effort.

If operationalzed effectively, the tracking system should help the health and ICDS professionals to target each mother and child. Keep us the good work

The High tech solution devloped by Jharkhand Govt shows the great importance the state government is showing to reduce IMR & MMR through individual tracking of all pregnant women and complete immunisation of all eligible beneficaries. But the software needs constant updation and with proper startegy to cover the dropout & left out children. Besides this, lot more effort need to be done to see that maxmium no of pregnant women should delivery their children at Hopsital. But it is really a great begining for this high tech age. All credit to the NIC team for their exampliary effort.

Akshaya Limal (Koraput) Orissa

It is a welcome step and hope it will augment the activities of Mukhya Mantri Janani Sishu Surakhya Yojana which is one of the brain child of Mr.Madhu. I am still in doubt that who will enter the data, as far as I had been in the state for one month, I was amused to see the poor infrastructure and communication facilities in the state. People lack skills to carry out hi-tech infos, or the babus in RCH bhawan will feed the blanks to impress EPOS like organisations.

Please make sure that such innovations have sustainability, who will pay the bill for computer maintenance, are there enough provisions for AMC of computers and softwares, what about the feedback mechanism in the software and response time of these feedback.

I am sure people will look into all these for sustenance.

Subash

I appreciate the initiative. But my apprehension would be in terms of collection of reports. How would you ensure that at AWC level datas are entered correctly and are reported at block level and so on.
Secondly in order to ensure the success the Survey should be appropriate.If survey is not proper than left outs would be never tracked.
Best Regards
Sachin

Congratulations Jharkhand, I would appreciate if you would include indicators on breastfeeding in the monitoring format like mothers who begin breastfeeding within an hour, mothers who practice exclusive breastfeeding for first six months and begin complementary feeding after that. Those who cant are actually at risk of poor child health and nutrition

Dr. Arun Gupta, MD, FIAP,
National Coordinator, BPNI
Regional Coordinator IBFAN Asia
Phone: 91-11-27343608, 42683059
Mobile: 91 9911176306
Email : arun@ibfanasia.org
or arun.ibfan@gmail.com