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16 December 2010
Staff Reporter
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NRHM Common Review Mission to arrive today
| To evaluate implementation of scheme |
Team to visit Kottayam and Kozhikode districts It will moot strategies to correct constraints
Thiruvananthapuram: A high-level delegation from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare which is part of the fourth Common Review Mission (CRM) of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is arriving in the city on Thursday on a five-day visit to evaluate the State's progress in the implementation of the NRHM.
The last time the CRM had visited the State was at the end of 2008, when Thiruvananthapuram and Wayanad districts had been chosen for evaluation. This time, the team will evaluate Kottayam and Kozhikode.
The CRM was set up to review and evaluate the implementation and the progress of the NRHM, identifying the strengths and core areas of concern in each State and recommending strategies for correcting the constraints.
The last CRM report on Kerala had suggested that a stronger monitoring and evaluation mechanism be set up to ensure that the NRHM achieved its goals in Kerala. It had pointed out that the State needed to assess and understand better the unmet needs of its target population before planning and implementing health initiatives under the NRHM.
It had also been pointed out that there was wide variation in the performance and quality of services delivered by similar type of health care institutions. “Optimum use of resources is an area in which Kerala's health system has to formulate strategy in order to bring cost effectiveness in services delivered,” the CRM report had suggested.
The State had come in for appreciation for the marked improvement in hospital infrastructure and equipment, the setting up of Kerala Medical Services Corporation Ltd. for streamlined drug supply across State, use of ASHAs to reach out to the community, and the palliative care programme.
One of the suggestions put forth by the last CRM to Kerala, which the State seems to have implemented faithfully, is a programme for monitoring and preventing lifestyle diseases in the community.
The CRM team will hold briefings with the State Health officials and conduct field visits before presenting their findings.
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