UP govt issues health index , Noida district bags second position

NOIDA: The Gautam Budh Nagar district, with a composite score of 0.67, stood second in the district-wise health index issued by the state government on Tuesday.

NOIDA: The Gautam Budh Nagar district, with a composite score of 0.67, stood second in the district-wise health index issued by the state government on Tuesday. The district has maintained this rank for the last nine months.

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District magistrate Suhas LY said that GB Nagar’s best performing indicator is the percentage of antenatal care (ANC), which calculates the access and use of health care during pregnancy. “The antenatal period presents opportunities for reaching pregnant women with interventions that may be vital to their health and well being, as well as that of their children. Getting antenatal care at least four times increases the likelihood of receiving effective maternal health interventions during the antenatal period. GB Nagar scored a full 100 points in this section,” he said.

He added that the percentage of children who received full immunisation is among other best performing indicators. “It was the dedication and commitment of our health officials and workers that the district topped with a full score of 100 in this section as well. Not only that, Bisrakh, Dadri and Jewar blocks of the district are among the top performing blocks in the state,” Suhas said.

Bhadohi district topped the list with composite index of 0.74 in the state.

Chief medical officer (CMO) of the district Dr Deepak Ohri said that to measure relative performance of a district in terms of composite health indicators, different indicators are computed using an index which summarises the number of outcomes and data integrity indicators. “The ranking of districts helps us identify the reasons for poor performance in terms of availability and quality, and also gives an outline for taking appropriate actions,” he said.

Giving details of the methodology of the ranking system, the CMO said that it covers indicators from all critical domains of health, including ANC, delivery, immunisation, postnatal care and communicable diseases. “The coverage and quality of these indicators determine the overall composite index of the district,” he added.