DANIDA ASSISTED TAMIL NADU AREA HEALTH CARE PROJECT - PHASE III

Introduction:

The III phase of the centrally sponsored externally aided DANIDA Tamil Nadu Area Health Care Project has been implemented from 24.12.1996 to 31.12.2003 at a? total revised outlay of? Rs. 70.76 crores (including direct ?funding of Rs. 7.89 crores) to? improve the health and family welfare status of the rural population in the?project area. The project was implemented in the districts?of Dharmapuri, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam and ?Thiruvarur for most of the activities, extended some of the activities to the old districts of Salem, Namakkal, Cuddalore & Villupuram and supported some state level activities like training, drug supply logistics etc. The funding was on reimbursement basis with 85% share by DANIDA, 5% by Government of India and 10% by Government of Tamil Nadu.?

Achievements during 2003-04:

Construction activities:

??????? Decentralized preventive maintenance and cleaning up campaign has been done in all the PHCs and HSCs, which are functioning in government building in the project districts.

Improving Awareness (IEC):

??????? School health competitions were conducted and prices were distributed to the winners in all the schools in the new project districts.

??????? Health messages were propagated to the community in the forms of Social Marketing Modal in Salem, Namakkal, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts by conducting 300 awareness programmes in each district.?

??????? Mass Media campaign on health IEC has been done through AIR in the form of jingles and Doordharshan & cable TVs in the form TV serials.

??????? Exhibition panels, portable photographic posters were supplied to all DDHSs in the project districts and exhibitions were conducted in about 400 schools in each health district.

Improved Technical Knowledge & Skills of Service Providers (Training):

??????? Indian Systems of Medicine training manuals has been prepared, mass printed and supplied to all female health functionaries in the state.

Health Services Management:

??????? The existing HMIS registers and records for PHCs, FRUs and GHs have been simplified, mass printed and supplied to all the PHCs, FRUs and GHs in the state.

??????? Computers were provided to all the 87 block PHCs of Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Cuddalore, Villupuram and Kallakurichi health districts. Computer training has also been imparted to about 2100 staff of PHCs in the new project districts.

??????? The new HMIS registers and records for HSCs have been reprinted and supplied to all HSCs in the state.

??????? About 4000 nurses of FRUs including ANMs of block PHCs in the state has been given training on new born care.

Improvement of Medical Supplies:

??????? Equipment were supplied to all the 23 CDWs of TNMSC.?

??????? About 10,000 staffs in the category of VHNs / SHNs /CHNs have been trained in basic treatment procedures on both ASM and ISM drugs.

??????? All VHNs / ANMs in the state have been given equipment kit.

Budget performance 2003-04:

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?* The project was closed with effect from 31.12.2003.

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