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State Health Mission (SHM) |
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Constitution |
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At the
State level, State Health Mission under the Chairmanship of
the Hon’ble Chief Minister, Punjab has been constituted and
notified on 26th October 05 with similar composition, as that
of the National Steering Group. |
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Roles |
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Actively undertake Policy
and Institutional Reforms to enable effective implementation
of NRHM |
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The State
will review and amend existing policies (cadre management
arrangements, financial and administrative authority at
various levels, role of PRIs, procurement and logistics
systems etc.) to ensure that the policy environment is
consistent with the Mission objectives. Additional resources
to be provided to the states under the Mission would require
policy reforms to be in place.
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State level planning,
implementation and monitoring |
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The State
Health Action Plan (long term/annual) has been developed in
accordance with the GoI Guidelines. Implementation will have
to be facilitated in line with the approved plan, monitor and
take corrective action as and when necessary and carry out
independent impact assessment studies (base-line, periodic)
and take appropriate corrective action.
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Support District level
planning, implementation and monitoring |
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The State
will provide support in preparation of health plans by
districts in accordance with the GoI guidelines through
mobilization of technical assistance. The District Action
Plans will be assessed on the basis of appropriate evaluation
criteria that have to be made available to the districts in
advance. A system for monitoring performance of districts
against their own work plans and comparison across districts
will also be developed.
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Provide Training support to
districts |
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Various
training programmes are being developed including management
training modules for the programme managers and the staff of
the State and district societies, designing “multi-skilling”
training packages for doctors (e.g. anaesthesia training for
MBBS doctors) and paramedical workers (e.g. “multi-skilling”
of lab technicians) and facilitate selection and training.
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Coordination across
relevant departments |
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Mechanisms
have been put in place to ensure coordination across
Departments especially Health and Family Welfare, AYUSH,
Department of Women and Children, and the Public Health and
Engineering Department; to identify bottlenecks for effective
delivery of services and to take necessary action through
government orders or other means.
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Sharing of
experiences across districts |
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Workshops
will be conducted during various phases to disseminate
experiences/ innovations/ lessons learnt across districts.
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Management
of cash flows |
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Processes
are being put in place for annual/ quarterly cash flow
projections; closely monitoring and highlighting, well in
advance, anticipated temporary shortage of funds. It will be
ensured that funds are released to districts in accordance
with the agreed district plans. The State will ensure that
districts send their expenditure reports and other
consolidated statements to GoI/ concerned agencies. Stringent
monitoring mechanisms will be in place to ensure that all
conditions are met for subsequent release of fund tranches.
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Financial
accounting/administration |
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The State
will ensure maintenance of necessary books of accounts and
ensure adherence to procedures laid out for procurements and
payments. They will carry out audits of a sample of districts
in each quarter, and facilitate the sharing of audit findings
across all districts. In order to meet the above objectives/
outcomes and carry out necessary tasks, the state has
registered a single State Health Society through merger of all
state level societies in the Health and Family Welfare sector,
except the State Aids Control Society. These Societies will
maintain separate Bank Accounts even under the unified
structure. Funds for separate programmes would continue to
flow under Sub-Budget Heads of the omnibus NRHM Budget Head
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Constitution and registration of the State Health
Society (SHS) |
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State Health Society under the
chairmanship of the Worthy Chief Secretary has been
constituted on 4.1.2006 and registered on 26.2.07.The Name of
the Society shall be “State Health Society Punjab,”
hereinafter referred to as the
“Society”.
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Location |
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The society
shall have its registered office at Parivar Kalyan Bhawan,
Sectro 34 A, Chandigarh in the State of Punjab with liberty
for it to establish one or more subordinate offices or outlets
elsewhere in the State, if so required. |
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