New health initiatives and Mobile APPS
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda has launched several new e-Health and m-Health initiatives to mark the World Health Day (April 7th). These include:
ANM Online application-ANMOL:
ANMOL is a tablet-based application that allows ANMs (Auxiliary Nurse Midwife) to enter and updated data for beneficiaries of their jurisdiction.
- This will ensure more prompt entry and updation of data as well as improve the data quality since the data will be entered “at source” by providers of health services themselves.
- Since the Application is Aadhaar-enabled, it will help in authentication of the records of field workers and beneficiaries.
E-RaktKosh initiative:
It is an integrated Blood Bank Management Information System that has been conceptualized and developed after multiple consultations with all stakeholders. This web-based mechanism interconnects all the Blood Banks of the State into a single network.
- The Integrated Blood Bank MIS refers the acquisition, validation, storage and circulation of various live data and information electronically regarding blood donation and transfusion service.
- Such system is able to assemble heterogeneous data into legible reports to support decision making from effective donor screening to optimal blood dissemination in the field.
- This initiative will be of great use to persons and families in need of blood transfusion.
- The Application will enable not only information of the nearest blood bank on a mobile but also of the availability of the particular blood group in a given radius.
India Fights Dengue:
This application will find wide use. As the fight against Vector Borne Diseases, especially Dengue, can be won only with effective community participation, this App empowers the community members how to contribute towards prevention of Dengue.
