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WELCOME TO INFORMATION DATABASE OF HEALTH UNITS IN ORISSA |
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Introduction |
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Provision of assured and credible primary health services of acceptable quality
is a priority for both the Central and the State Governments in view of the increasing
urbanization and growth of slums and low income population in the cities. In this
regard Mission Directorate, NRHM, Orissa has developed
Urban health GIS for 8 class-I
urban centres of Orissa namely, Bhubaneswar,
Cuttack, Berhampur, Rourkela, Puri,
Sambalpur, Balasore and Baripada, using advanced techniques of Global Positioning
System (GPS), Remote Sensing and GIS (Geographic Information System). Present work
focuses on the urban health care facilities available at Bhubaneswar urban centre.
A simplified query based database system has been developed after incorporating
required database available under Urban Health GIS of Bhubaneswar.
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Rational |
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The present study helps in:
- Analyzing the availability and density of health care services and facilities
- Analyzing proximity and accessibility of health care services and facilities to
urban residential areas, slums areas, important institutions and administrative
offices.
- Analyzing the specialist services available in various govt./ private health units
and their geographical concentration.
- The survey also helps in identifying the various AYUSH institutions available in
the urban areas and the various health care treatment provided by them.
- Identify Potential private partners for either tier to improve the quality and standard
of health among the urban poor, to capitalize on the skills of potential partners,
encourage pooling of resources, and to reduce the investment burden on the government.
- It will help in Strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation of urban health care system
by regular updation of the database.
- The database will be made available in the NRHM Orissa website soon so that every
health concerned person can know Where is My Doctor ?.
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Methodology |
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An integrated approach of GPS survey, Remote Sensing data and GIS with reference
inputs from authentic secondary sources was used for carrying out the activity.
The following layers of information were generated:
Administrative Boundaries: Municipality/
Urban area boundary Ward Boundaries
Transport Network: Roads, Railways
Water Bodies:
Natural Drainage, rivers, Ponds.
Health care Facilities: Government, Private, NGO
run.
Other Important Locations: Slums, Police Stations, Institutions, Administrative
offices, Monuments, Railway Stations, Market, Major Squares, Industrial area, etc.
Attribute database: Data related to facilities available in each of the surveyed
health units was also collected through a questionnaire format developed by Mission
Directorate. The format will be available in the NRHM Orissa website for future
updation by respective health units and for new additions to the current database.
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Mission Directorate, NRHM, Annex Building, SHIFW, Unit-8, Bhubaneswar - 751001 |
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