Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 23: A two-day workshop for preparing RMNCH+A Sub plan for high priority districts of Jammu and Kashmir concluded here today.
The workshop was a joint venture of National Rural Health Mission, J&K and Norway India Partnership Initiative (NIPI) and United Nations Development Project (UNDP).
It was informed in the workshop that the Government of India has identified six priority districts for providing technical support in making sub plans. This is for the first time that the State gets technical support from UNDP-NIPI for achieving the set goals in maternal and child health indicators.
The six priority districts of the state identified under the programme include Leh, Doda, Ramban, Kishtwar, Rajouri and Poonch which will be provided 30 percent extra budget to address the issues of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCH +A).
Dr Kali Prasad Pappu, Director UNDP-NIPI and his team provided the requisite support during the workshop for preparing sub plans for the districts in collaboration with the Department of Health and Family Welfare, J&K.
The district plans were prepared by the district management units in collaboration with the consultants from UNDP-NIPI and from the State Health Society.
Dr Yashpal Sharma, Mission Director, NRHM, J&K informed that these districts will be closely monitored and supervised by the UNDP-NIPI in implementation of various schemes under NRHM.
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