Health & Family Welfare
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The Health & Family Welfare is one of the major departments in the district. The District Medial Officer (DMO is the administrative head of the organization in the district. The District Medical Officer has the responsibility for planning, organizing, managing, coordinating, and implementing health & health related activities or programmes in the district. He is also to ensure that professional standards are maintained in delivering affordable and quality health services in the district.
All the National Health Programmes in the district under the umbrella of National Health Mission (NHM) are implementing & monitoring through District Programme Officers (DPOs).
| Sl No | Name of the Programme | District Programme Officer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maternal & Child Health (MCH/RCH) | DRCHO (District Reproductive & Child Health |
| 2 | National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) and National AIDS Control | DTO cum DACO (District Tuberculosis Officer & District AIDS Control Officer) |
| 3 | National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) and National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP) | DVBDCO cum DLO (District Vector Borne Disease Control Officer and District Leprosy Officer) |
| 4 | Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), Non Communicable Disease Control (NCDCP), National Tobacco Control (NTCP), National Programme for Health Care of Elderly (NPHCE), National Programme on Climate Change & Human Health (NPCCHH). | DSO ( District Surveillance Officer) |
| 5 | National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB), | DMO/DMEIO |
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