Functioning of VHND in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa : A dissertation on evaluation of VHND in Indian scenario

ISBN-13: 9783846535714 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 152 str.

Sandeep Kumar Panigrahi; Bijayeeni Mohapatra; Kaushik Mishra

Opis

This work is an original research work carried out in the rural area of Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa(India). VHND program incorporates services for pregnant women, lactating mothers, children under 5 years of age along with adolescent girls. Ante-natal and post-natal services, growth monitoring of children under five years, etc. are the various types of services given to the beneficiaries. Health education according to a health calendar is also provided. Distribution of deworming and iron tablets as prophylaxis for anemia prevention is also provided to the adolescent girls. This work has made an attempt to evaluate the functioning of VHND in a rural district of Orissa, India. Many of the important issues have come up during the evaluation and recommendations for the same have been incorporated in the dissertation.

O autorze

Dr. Sandeep Kumar Panigrahi, M.B.B.S., M.D. graduated from VSS Medical College, Burla in the year 2005. He has completed his M.D. in Community Medicine(PSM) from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar in 2011. He has worked a lot in many projects and has vast experience in research work. Presently he is working for UNICEF as State Program Coordinator-IMNCI.