The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Thursday lauded the efforts of the Chhattisgarh Health Department in implementing novel initiatives to provide better health care to the people.
The accolade for the state came during the 7th National Health Summit on Good Replicable Practice & Innovation in Public Health Care System held via video conferencing, a press release said.
Director National Health Mission (NHM) Dr Priyanka Shukla during the presentation informed about various initiatives of the state government like Malaria Mukt Bastar Abhiyan, NLEP Laptrack, smoke free Jashpur Nagar, comprehensive eye care, Mitanin online payment, Janch Mitanin, special action plan for leprosy and categorization of essential services act during Covid.
She also said that during the lockdown necessary services were uninterruptedly supplied in the red, green and orange zones. Services like mother care, baby delivery services, baby vaccination and family planning services were kept running. ‘Malaria Mukt Bastar’ drive was not stopped due to Covid.
For complete eradication of leprosy from Chhattisgarh, a special drive was launched in Durg and Raigarh districts.