HT Bureau
GUWAHATI, June 7: In a notable development, Assam has demonstrated substantial progress in its healthcare landscape, marked by a significant reduction in maternal and child mortality rates, claimed an official statement from National Health Mission, Assam.
According the statement, the state has shown remarkable improvement in key health indicators during the financial year 2023-24, signaling a positive trend in its healthcare sector.
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The latest data reveals that the number of maternal deaths in Assam during the fiscal year 2023-24 stands at 374, a notable decrease from the 510 reported deaths recorded in the preceding fiscal year 2022-23.
“The number of Child Death cases in during the financial year 2023-24 is reported as 4,793 against 6,721 number of deaths during the financial year 2022-23, showing a decline of 1,928 deaths (28.7%),” the official statement said.
Similarly, there has been a noteworthy decrease in child mortality rates, with the number of child deaths reported at 4,793 during the financial year 2023-24, compared to 6,721 deaths documented in the previous fiscal year. This marks a significant decline of 1,928 deaths, representing a notable decrease of 28.7%, the statement said.
As per the statement, the National Health Mission, Assam organised Swasthya Manthan-12, a review cum orientation workshop on 6th to 7th June, 2024 at Assam Administrative Staff College Guwahati’s Khanapara.
Dr M S Lakshmi Priya, IAS, mission director – NHM, Assam, Dr Umesh Phangcho, director of health services, Dr. Kareng Rongpipi, additional DHS, state programme officials and district health teams along with officials from partner organisations were present in the meeting.
The review cum workshop was held with participants from all the districts, led by the joint director of Health Services along with district programme management unit including district programme managers, district data managers, district accounts managers, district community mobilisers, district programme coordinators (NCD) and other concerned district officials.
The program commenced with MD-NHM presenting the gist of overall NHM performance for the financial year 2023-24, appreciating the best performing districts for their hard work and dedication, and encouraging all for ensuring better results in the coming years. Further a district wise review was held on the health performance of each district of all the NHM programmes along with discussion on the district record of proceeding (RoP) dissemination for the financial year 2024-26 was done and as accordingly discussions were held on how to improve the health status of the people in the state.
In the meeting, district wise gaps identification and in accordance with that improvement strategies were presented and discussed in detail.
“It is expected to determine any further course correction that may be required by the districts and any handholding required to improve the health indicators,” the statement added.
In the review meet, the best performers and best performing districts were awarded under various categories and also State Division teams and partner organisations were felicitated by Lakshmi Priya for their hard work and dedication towards improving the health system.
It may be noted that, this is the 12th Swasthya Manthan held under the initiative of Lakshmi Priya. The previous Swasthya Manthans from 1st to 11th were held on 08th June, 2022, 02nd August, 2022, 27th September, 2022, 31st October, 2022 , 28th December 2022 , 4th March 2023, 26th April 2023, 3rd June 2023, 29th September 2023, 29th November 2023 and 30th January 2024 respectively.
