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community, care for the aged, support for differently abled, life b. Primary sources: by frontline workers in case data is not
style changes leading to better health, mental and physical available directly on portals/websites. Amongst the primary
wellbeing. The LIF as of now does not measure all of these, but sources for data on health, will be the various Registers
lays the ground for indicators that provide the status on various maintained by the Anganwadi worker at the Anganwadi
aspects for a healthy village and tangible and intangible positive centre, the data with the ASHA worker, Sub-Centre, PHC,
outcomes. and GP own data. E.g., For data on disability, the GP must
collect its own data.
Connect to NPA
Data collected needs to be collated into 2 reports - Village
Total 7 indicators are considered in this theme under NPA. 2
Health Report and Sub Health Centre report. These 2 levels will
indicators are included in same theme i.e. (1) percentage of
enable the department facility wise data to be obtained and put
children (0-59 months i.e. aged under 5) deaths recorded in GP
into what is required for the GP as the GP Health data, for the
and (2) Percentage of children age 12-23 months fully
Village Health Plan and Health development Plan for Healthy
vaccinated (NPA records 0-6 years data) in GP. While 5
Village while simultaneously drawing the support and action
indicators related to (3) percentage of children (6-59 months)
from the Sub-Centre and PHC, as the Centre wise data and plan
recorded anaemic (<11.0 g/dl) (4) percentage of children (aged
becomes relevant from the perspective of the centre staff.
under 5) recorded underweight, (5) percentage of children (aged
under 5) recorded stunted, (6) percentage of children (aged Data Validation
under 5) recorded wasted and (7) percentage of pregnant
Systemic data validation for data with the ANW and ASHA
women and lactating mothers (including (children of 0-6 years
worker takes place. For other data, clear data validation process
of age) identified/registered and received benefits under
needs to be put in place. Health data is mostly private and is not
Integrated Child Development Scheme are captured in themes 3
shared. So, to the extent that the GP can work on the indicator,
and 7.
the health data would be relevant. Further, the authentication by
Data required for baseline the Data source as already being done for the HMIS data would
be automatically coming through. Wherever the data is
GPs should collect baseline data on infrastructure, diagnostic
collected by GP, the validation can be by the VHSNC or the
services, and trained personnel at health centres. The GP needs
Panchayat Health Committee as applicable or functioning in
to look at the data available with the Anganwadi worker, ASHA
different States.
worker, morbidity in the village, what are the frequently
occurring preventable illnesses, such as malaria, diarrhoea, who Monitoring
are the most vulnerable, along with the other specifically listed
The Gram Panchayat and VHSNC members monitor timely
data points as per Metadata given in the LIF at Annexure Ratio
delivery of health services. A citizen charter with health
Annexure I, Table 15.
services and standards must be made available to and published
Data Collection and Data Source by GPs. Local indicators will assist in monitoring and
implementation of the Health Plan.
Data will be obtained via 2 sources

a. API integration: to obtain data from Health Ministry portals

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