In 2001, India prioritized eight most socioeconomically disadvantaged states known as Empowered Action Group (EAG) states and in 2013, it prioritized 190 of the 718 as high priority districts (HPDs) to accelerate the decline in maternal and newborn mortality. This paper assesses whether the HPDs achieved a greater coverage of maternal and newborn health interventions than the non-HPDs and HPDs in EAG states achieved greater coverage than those in non-EAG states.
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Iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation is a cost-effective intervention to prevent and treat anemia during pregnancy. However, rates of IFA uptake in pregnancy are still very low in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Timeline maps were developed to explore health behaviors among pregnant women with respect to IFA consumption. Our findings indicate that timeline maps have the potential to be used in a variety of other program contexts.
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The video magazine provides a glimpse of UP TSU’s initiatives undertaken during the year 2019 in collaboration with the Government of Uttar Pradesh and with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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PAHAL Issue 6 takes you through the ongoing work of effectivising public health service-delivery in Uttar Pradesh. Read the issue to know how novel e-learning platforms are helping in building the capacity of the health workers. The issue also includes the solutions adopted to address the on-site service delivery gaps with due COVID-19 precautionary measures.
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The fifth edition of PAHAL comes to you during the Corona Virus pandemic and UP-TSU is supporting GoUP in the planning and implementation of its response to this outbreak. Read upon how various initiatives, including an integrated digital platform is helping GoUP in tracking the lifecycle of persons suspected with COVID-19 in a seamless way.
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