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 One satellite centre was set up at Government Future Plans
District Hospital, Jagdalpur, Bastar district for early
screening and referral of children with CHD. Over  A 5-year strategy for the Health theme will be
1,000 CHD screenings have been carried out during developed by working groups that have been
January – March 2021. constituted for conducting desk research, collating
 The Elder Care Helpline set up in Telangana was secondary data, documenting learnings,
selected as a model for scaling up across the collaborating with other verticals to gain regional
country, and the same toll-free number has been team insights, etc.
selected as a National Helpline number.  With a commitment to fight Covid-19, the Trusts
 As part of the Covid-19 Management trainings plan to conduct various programmes for raising
conducted during 2020, 9,831 health personnel awareness among communities, strengthening
from 2,340 hospitals were trained on treatment of health systems with training and consumables, and
the disease. 86% of these personnel were from encouraging research to prevent spread through
public institutions across 28 states. vaccination and medicines.
 During the first wave of Covid-19 in 2020, the  Based on successful pilot projects in various
Trusts were actively involved in distribution, components of healthcare, the Trusts have finalised
inventory management and administrative activities a 5-year strategy that will scale up successful health
related to PPE (Personnel Protection Equipment) interventions, including Health Systems
materials. 28,845 boxes of PPE Kits were distributed Strengthening (HSS) through establishment of Care
in 28 states. Coordination Centres (CCC), ASMAN (RMNCH+A),
Model UPHCs, etc.
 Around 20,000 Oxygen Concentrators were
deployed by the Trusts, with support from Indian
Red Cross Society, in hospitals and healthcare
facilities across 17 states under the sponsorship of
Temasek Foundation, Singapore.
A healthcare worker performing his tasks

Good Practices

To leverage the Care Coordination Centre in
Hyderabad, the Government of Telangana
requested the Trusts to help manage over 3,000
facilities/ spokes remotely, while also facilitating the
training of medical teams of over 50 hospitals/hubs
on standard protocol and workflows.
Challenges Faced

The Covid-19 pandemic and resultant restrictions
hampered intensive community and
facility-level engagement.

Home visit and routune check-up
by ASHA workers

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