GUWAHATI, Sept 27 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi formally launched the Morigaon Model District Health Project at a function here today. Morigaon has become the first district in the country to start this project.
Launching the State Health department’s ambitious project in collaboration with The Earth Institute, Columbia University and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Gogoi said the State government has accorded top priority to the health sector as well as the education sector without which, no society or State can forge ahead. He hoped that the model district health project would aim at reducing infant and maternal rates not just in Morigaon but in other districts of the State as well by 2015.
According to an official statement, Gogoi said that though the State government has taken a slew of initiatives in the health sector, there are still miles to go to achieve the desired results.
The Model District Health Project aims at scaling the health care services from one district to the entire State and subsequently to all parts of the country by 2015. The project would also address the issues like nutrition, water and sanitation, among others.
Lauding the efforts of Dr Nirupam Bajpai, senior advisor, The Earth Institute, Columbia University, Gogoi said that the expertise to be provided by his team would help to improve the health sector in rural areas of the State. He also stressed the need to create awareness through education about the nutritional benefits of fruits and vegetables to do away with malnutrition, one of the main causes of infant mortality.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Bajpai said that Morigaon is one among the five districts of the country to have been selected under the Model District Health Project. Dr Bajpai, a Padmashree awardee, said that the task to reduce infant and maternal mortality rates was a challenging one. “There is the need for inter-sectoral coordination among the different departments and agencies to provide better and effective health services, especially in the remote villages of the country,” he said.
The other five districts selected for the project are one each in Utter Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Terming the NRHM as the biggest public health programme in the world, Dr Bajpai said that the mission aims at reaching out to 600 million people in the country through interventions in a better and effective way.
Additional Chief Secretary, in charge of Health, PP Verma said that the project would be able to induce better healthcare services to the people of the State, the statement mentioned.
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Launching the State Health department’s ambitious project in collaboration with The Earth Institute, Columbia University and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Gogoi said the State government has accorded top priority to the health sector as well as the education sector without which, no society or State can forge ahead. He hoped that the model district health project would aim at reducing infant and maternal rates not just in Morigaon but in other districts of the State as well by 2015.
According to an official statement, Gogoi said that though the State government has taken a slew of initiatives in the health sector, there are still miles to go to achieve the desired results.
The Model District Health Project aims at scaling the health care services from one district to the entire State and subsequently to all parts of the country by 2015. The project would also address the issues like nutrition, water and sanitation, among others.
Lauding the efforts of Dr Nirupam Bajpai, senior advisor, The Earth Institute, Columbia University, Gogoi said that the expertise to be provided by his team would help to improve the health sector in rural areas of the State. He also stressed the need to create awareness through education about the nutritional benefits of fruits and vegetables to do away with malnutrition, one of the main causes of infant mortality.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Bajpai said that Morigaon is one among the five districts of the country to have been selected under the Model District Health Project. Dr Bajpai, a Padmashree awardee, said that the task to reduce infant and maternal mortality rates was a challenging one. “There is the need for inter-sectoral coordination among the different departments and agencies to provide better and effective health services, especially in the remote villages of the country,” he said.
The other five districts selected for the project are one each in Utter Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Terming the NRHM as the biggest public health programme in the world, Dr Bajpai said that the mission aims at reaching out to 600 million people in the country through interventions in a better and effective way.
Additional Chief Secretary, in charge of Health, PP Verma said that the project would be able to induce better healthcare services to the people of the State, the statement mentioned.
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=sep2810
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