A coordination meeting of the Housing and Urban Development Department and the Health and Family Welfare Department was held here over implementation of the Urban Health Mission on Tuesday.
National Health Mission Director Shalini Pandit highlighted about the programmes undertaken in the State since 2014 at the meeting held in the presence of Secretaries G Mathivathanan and Dr Pramod Kumar Meherdha of the two departments, respectively.
As per the Central Government guidelines, the Urban Health Mission has been started in the capital city, all municipal corporations, 36 municipalities in 24 districts and 11 cities having more than 50,000 populations. The State Government has also framed guidelines for execution of the project.
A total of 30 Medical Officers, 279 ANMs, 90 staff nurses, 30 pharmacists, 44 PHMs and 46 operators have been deployed for successful implementation of the mission. Besides, 3,059 Mahila Arogya Samitis have been formed and 1,413 ASHA workers
deployed.
The officers emphasised on hold holding joint meetings to resolve various problems and speeding up of ongoing projects. The Nodal Officers of the two departments were advised to maintain coordination between the two departments so that adequate health service can be ensured for urban people under the mission.
Among others, H and FW Special Secretary Dr BB Patnaik, Municipal Director Sachin R Yadav, officials of Cuttack, Brahmapur and Bhubaneswar municipal corporations and NHM officials were present.