REPRODUCTIVE, MATERNAL, NEWBORN CHILD & ABDOLESCENT HEALTH (RMNCH+A)
- Reproductive Health
- Maternal Health
- Neonatal Health
- Child Health & Immunization Programme
- Adolescent Health
- IEC Material
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Proposal of Implementation of Plan
for IEC and BCC activities
(PIP 2016-17) (123 KB) English
- IEC & BCC Action Plan 2015-16
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STATE PROGRAMME MANAGER
(National Health Mission) Dadra and Nagar Haveli Silvassa-396230
Tele Contact: 0260-2642940 (273)
Email:nrhm@gmail.com
NEONATAL HEALTH
The interventions in this phase of life mainly focus on children under 28 days of age and address the most common causes of mortality in this period extending to children older than 5 years. The thrust area for newborn care is for
1. Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram(Infants)
Under this scheme the beneficiaries will be the pregnant mother who is accessing the Public Health institutions and the sick infants till the child attain one year of age.
Benefits for Pregnant Women.TOTAL JSSK BENEFICIARIES FOR THE YEAR 2011-2014
2. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit/Sick Newborn Care Unit
The District Hospital has state of art NICU which has been upgraded in the month of December 2014. Various high end equipment with 24 bedded NICU and 5 Ventilators, 4 CPAP Machines, 5 Phototherapy, 10 Warmer, 5 SPO2 Machines.
Neonates with less that 1 kg of Wt. have been saved in the NICU of Shri Vinoba Bhave Civil Hospital. Full time trained paramedics with Pediatricians and Medical Officers round the clock for immediate care of the newborn.
3. Home Based Neonatal Care
Reducing mortality in the neonatal period is paramount if the infant mortality rate is to be impacted. Neonatal deaths account for 59% of under-five mortality at the national level, most of which occurs in the first week of life.
About 25% of total deaths in the neonatal period take place in second to fourth week of life. Global evidence shows that home visits by community health workers to provide neonatal care in settings where access to facility-based care is limited or not available is associated with reduced neonatal mortality. The home-based newborn care scheme, launched in 011, provides for immediate postnatal care (especially in the cases of home delivery) and essential newborn care to all newborns up to the age of 42 days. Frontline workers (ASHAs) are trained and incentivized to provide special care to preterms and newborns; they are also trained in identification of illnesses, appropriate care and referral through home visits.
Home-based newborn care as a component of continuum of care for newborns and linkages with facility-based care for prompt referral of sick newborns is critical to improving survival in this age group.