KULGAM, APRIL 16: A review meeting of the District Health Society Kulgam was convened under the chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner Kulgam, Shahzad Alam hete at Mini-Secretariat.
The Deputy Commissioner conducted a comprehensive review of key health indicators and programme implementation, with emphasis on improving service delivery, strengthening field-level monitoring, and ensuring saturation coverage of all schemes.
The DC stressed accountability, data accuracy, and timely reporting from all health institutions. He reviewed institutional delivery rates and disbursement of JSY incentives.
Emphasis was laid on ensuring 100 percent institutional deliveries. Directions were issued to ensure timely and transparent payment of incentives to beneficiaries.
Implementation of Ayushman Bharat/AB-PMJAY (SEHAT Scheme) was also reviewed. The DC emphasized increasing beneficiary registration and awareness, ensuring empanelment and proper functioning of hospitals, and monitoring claim processing and grievance redressal.
Coverage under Routine Immunization (RI) was also assessed. Focus was laid on achieving full immunization coverage, particularly MR2, and eliminating dropouts. Instructions were given for strengthening micro-planning, ensuring cold chain maintenance, and conducting outreach sessions in underserved areas.
National Programme for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD)
Screening for hypertension, diabetes, and oral, breast, and cervical cancers was reviewed. The DC expressed concern over incomplete population coverage.
The DC issued Key directions including conducting intensive house-to-house screening campaigns, ensuring 100 percent screening of the eligible population (30+ years), strengthening linkages for diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and improving reporting.
Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme Progress under the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) was reviewed. Case detection, treatment success rate, and Nikshay portal reporting were discussed.
The DC directed for conducting active case finding through house-to-house visits, focusing on high-risk and vulnerable populations, ensuring early diagnosis and complete treatment adherence, and strengthening community awareness and stigma reduction.
During the meeting, it was observed that gaps persist in NCD and TB screening coverage, especially at the community level, highlighting the need for enhanced field-level supervision and inter-sectoral coordination.
The Deputy Commissioner directed the launch of district-wide house-to-house campaigns for NCD screening and TB case detection. Emphasis was laid on ensuring saturation coverage under all health programmes, strengthening data quality and real-time reporting, fixing accountability of field staff for targets and outcomes, and conducting regular review meetings at block and district levels.
All officers were directed to work in mission mode to ensure effective implementation of health programmes and improved health outcomes in District Kulgam.
