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Early diagnosis of disability, which indicator will help the GPs Connect to GPDP
look into the needs and importance of this and follow it up with
Gram Panchayat Development Plan with the basis of the above-
whichever ways they can support the families. Actions for this
mentioned indicators would be useful to prepare a Health
can be considered as special initiatives;
Development Plan and integrate with GPDP. This would go
Ensuring special and inclusive education for the differently beyond the present Village Health Plan under NHM, in view of
abled – this also shows in the indicator in a Child friendly the clarity of indicators, their values and the desired changes
village and a Socially Just and Socially Secured Village; and improvements, aimed to achieve the status of a Healthy

De-Addiction from drug abuse and alcohol: Promotional Village. The Village Health Plan must be part and parcel of the
campaigns, link with de-addiction centres, involving NGOs & Health Development Plan for a Healthy village. It is worth
civil society are key in combating this; mentioning that in 2018, when the SDGs were being brought
into the GPDP, then too the aim was Healthy Village, and the
Mental health: Sensitising families about mental health,
capacity building on SDGs for GPs Presidents covered this
diagnosis camps, referrals to mental health clinics
along with other relevant SDGs. There are however some huge
Special Initiatives differences in the approach now and the enabling ecosystem as
well as the circumstances. The compact of 9 Thematic LSDGs
Taking the issue of drug abuse and alcohol – the indicator has
taken by MoPR to the entire country in a continuous systematic
been not taken for calculation as there is not going to be data
manner, the capacity building and workshops, GPDP itself
that can be forthcoming even on a survey, and further alcohol
being aligned to the LSDG Themes including Healthy village,
consumption is so common, and needs far more self-restraint,
presenting the indicators in the GPDP as data for evidence-
that is highly dependent on the individual. However as these are
based planning, aligning the National Panchayat Awards to the
social ills and can create havoc with lives of individuals and
9 Themes, the Joint Advisories of the Ministries concerned for
alcohol consumption becomes one of the foremost causes of
Healthy Village, use of IEC more effectively, multi-media use,
domestic violence and poverty, the actions taken in terms of
amongst many others. For all the havoc that Covid has caused,
creating awareness, providing for counselling, arranging
it has created a huge awareness on health and the role that GPs
rehabilitation and support etc can be taken to be special
can play in Health. Preparation of the GPDP covering Healthy
initiatives in a Panchayat.
village with the PPC to go with it, looking at the indicators and
Considering disability, often individual families are fending for planning for their improvement, seeing the change in the
themselves and community support and arrangements are indicators in the next year, would provide a virtuous cycle for
limited, or non-existent. The very indicator being there will improved health status leading up to becoming a Healthy
draw attention that this is necessarily to be worked on by the GP Village.
– Leave no one behind. Working on this would cover
prevention, curative support and rehabilitation. Outcomes of LIF
The LIF indicators would show the changes in the aspects of
GP can organise programs on mental health issues, which
health addressed by the GP, and the outcomes in addition to
would help deal with student pressure, domestic violence,
improved health status, would be improved quality of life,
addiction etc.
enhanced incomes (loss of livelihood on account of illness
being reduced), reduced morbidity, improvement to key health

indicators, better social protection, safety net for the

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