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ANNUAL REPORT 2023-24
TRI have been extensively engaged in last year
training of nearly 30,000 ASHA Workers and
imparting new skills including NCD Screening.
TRI is part of the committee by Government for
strengthening the screening of NCDs and
Cervical Cancer by ASHA workers.
Strengthening Local Governance for
Health: TRI team engaged with the Panchayati
Raj Department and state health departments
to strengthen rural departments and initiatives
for better health outcomes. Extensive capacity
building programs for elected representatives
have been rolled out to enable effective
utilization of the grants allotted them to
improve primary care health infrastructure,
establish dedicated public health units at the
block level for surveillance, improve
diagnostics services at the grassroot and
expanding services of Comprehensive Primary
Health Care by transforming Health Sub
Centers into Health & Wellness Centre (HWCs).
The elected representatives of Zilla (District)
Parishad are oriented on health issues. Its
linkages with other social determinants of
health have been made to activate statutory
forums. TRI is undertaking activities to support
Increase in Cervical Cancer Sreening (Number)
338213 369077
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the rural bodies in realizing the goals of a
“healthy panchayat” by integrating it with the
GPDP to localize SDGs with a key focus to
“leave no one behind”.
Tele-medicine: We have supported the
Government of Jharkhand for the activation of
the telemedicine platform e-Sanjeevani in
more than 3000health facilities. We have also
trained more than 5000 frontline workers to
bring medical consultation to the places where
there is no doctor helping more than 17,00,000
people. This work, along with promoting
women leadership, was selected for the NITI
Aayog compendium, Achievement @75 – Best
Practices in the Social Sector 2023.
Facility Strengthening of NCD Services:
Model NCD clinics have been established at
selected district hospitals as demonstration
sites. Similar NCD clinics have been
established at two community health clinics in
Jharkhand. An assessment of 298 Health
facilities has been conducted and the roadmap
for facility improvement has been prepared for
Government of Jharkhand.
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Community Level Health Camps and stethoscopes, emergency contraceptive pills
Strengthening Village Health, Sanitation and IFA syrups. Additionally, this increased
and Nutrition Days: In association with the accessibility to primary healthcare services
district and block public health system, we for underserved populations, reduced the
organised screening camps at CHC/PHCs on burden on higher-level facilities, improved
local market days and other events when large the quality of care adhering to standard
people had gathered. We also enabled protocols and promoted community
appropriate communication and collaboration engagement through activities like “Village
with ASHA workers for mobilization and Health and Nutrition Days.”
information decimation regarding the camp. • Facilitated State Review Meetings to Track
• With the Government of Jharkhand, monthly HWC/AAM performance in MP: Facilitated
health camps have been institutionalised at state review meetings to track HWC/AAM
CHCs and in selected HWCs to deliver performance on key service delivery
specialised healthcare services, including indicators in all 89 tribal blocks and 42
NCD services. TRI extended technical Aspirational Blocks of Madhya Pradesh. This
assistance in the planning and execution of has helped in the overall improvement of
organizing more than 1800 camps across the tribal blocks across key indicators, including
state. This resulted in 24,12,605 women a 6% increase in enrolment rates, 6% rise in
being screened. ABHA registration, 7% growth in the
percentage of the target population
• Supported Barwani District Training of screened, 6% increase in diagnosis rates and
Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANMs) in the a 5% improvement in follow-up engagement
“Dastak Abhiyan/IDCF”: Facilitated eight with the community.
batches of capacity building training
sessions for 380 ANMs. During the Dastak
Abhiyan training 1,71,544 ORS packets were
distributed.
• Capacity Building of Frontline Workers
(FLWs) on Anaemia, Nutrition and Village
Health Plan (VHP) Preparation at the Village
Health Sanitation and Nutrition Committees
(VHSNCs): This capacity building resulted in
1171 FLWs receiving training on anaemia,
nutrition and VHP preparation at the VHSNC
level. 777 VHPs were prepared by the trained
FLWs at the VHSNC level. The assessment of
VHPs showed a total of 745 health issues
raised by VHSNCs, which are being taken up
with administration authorities.
• Strengthening Ayushman Arogya Mandirs:
We enhanced the infrastructure and
resources of Ayushman Arogya Mandirs,
enabling improved diagnostic capabilities
through essential equipment like blood
pressure monitors, glucometers and test kits.
This facilitated comprehensive primary care
services, including reproductive and child
health services, with the availability of
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