PAHAL Issue 27 highlights UP TSU’s ongoing partnership with the Health Department and ICDS to strengthen public health services across communities, facilities, and health systems in Uttar Pradesh. This edition brings together diverse programmatic efforts spanning reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, & adolescent health and nutrition services, family planning, TB, supply chain management, and social and behaviour change communication.
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Primary Health Centres (PHCs) are the backbone of rural healthcare, serving as the first point of care for communities. In Uttar Pradesh, uneven distribution and high vacancy rates of Medical Officers (MOs) undermined their effectiveness. To address this, MO deployment was rationalized. This document outlines the approach, outcomes, and policy relevance of the exercise to strengthen workforce distribution in the health sector.
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This paper highlights the redesign of Uttar Pradesh’s medicines supply chain through lessons adapted from Tamil Nadu’s Medical Supplies Corporation. By establishing seven foundational pillars—including centralized procurement, quality control, warehousing, and digital e-tracking—the Uttar Pradesh Medical Supplies Corporation strengthened system efficiency, accountability, and medicine availability, offering valuable insights for other Indian states and similar global contexts.
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Project MANCH, launched in 2021 in Shahdol district through a collaboration between NHM-MP, HCLFoundation and IHAT, is a pivotal initiative to improve health outcomes among tribal populations. The project focuses on enhancing antenatal and postnatal care coverage, identifying and tracking high-risk pregnancies and newborns, addressing home delivery challenges, and building the capacity of frontline health workers, including ASHAs, Anganwadi Workers, ANMs, and Nursing Officers.
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The Uttar Pradesh Exemplar Report highlights the state’s substantial progress in reducing maternal and newborn mortality between 2000 and 2018, achieving greater improvement than most other high-mortality states in India. These findings are part of the Exemplars in Maternal and Newborn Health Study, research that aims to understand positive outliers and inform policy and practice.
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