Union health minister J.P. Nadda launched a series of e-health initiatives on Thursday, the World Health Day.
Union health minister J.P. Nadda launched a series of e-health initiatives on Thursday, the World Health Day. He launched a Web-based “E-Rakt Kosh” app which will help people have access to information on availability status of a particular blood group in blood banks in an area. “The challenge is real-time updation of correct information by licensed blood banks and ensuring the availability of blood,” Mr Nadda said.
Other than this, Mr Nadda also launched the ANM Online app, a Web and name-based tracking system called Mother and Child Tracking System (MCTS) which will facilitate timely delivery of antenatal and postnatal care services to all pregnant women and immunisation to all the children. The MCTS system will also provide alerts to health service providers about services due list and service delivery gaps. It will also provide ready reference about the status of services and vaccination delivered to pregnant women and children.
Also in the offing is “India Fights Dengue” application that will engage community members to fight against dengue and vector-borne diseases. “Community members want to help, but may not know what to do. This application will tell them how to contribute. The fight against vector-borne diseases, especially dengue, can be won only with effective community participation,” he said.
Stating that modern technology must be leveraged for promoting good health, Mr Nadda called for widening the user base of these applications by giving updated information.
He also released guidelines for dialysis centres to be set up under PPP mode, saying that soon every district in the country will have the facility. These expanded facilities will help the renal disorder patients and reduce the out-of-pocket expenditure incurred on dialysis, the minister said.
Mr Nadda said a multi-sectoral approach is required to deal with diabetes as its causes are not majorly related to just the health sector.
