Rehabilitation Council of India
NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR PREVENTION & CONTROL OF DEAFNESS (NPPCD)
The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India launched the pilot phase of National Programme for Prevention & Control of Deafness in 10 States and 1 Union Territory in an effort to tackle the high incidence of deafness in the country, in view of the preventable nature of this disability. This programme included seven tiers of interactive training programmes from the state level to the village level, which provide the knowledge of ear disease and basic measures to prevent and manage common conditions and help people to use hearing aids effectively. Training of following personnel was envisaged under the programme.
- Training of Doctors of PHCs & CHCs.
- Training of Public Health Nurses, Multipurpose Workers, male and female (ANMs) Anganwadi Supervisors (AWW Supervisor) and child Development Project Officers (CDPOs).
- Training of Health Workers and Grassroots level Anganwadi Workers.
- Training of Primary School Teachers/Parents at Village level.
The council undertook following activities for successful implementation of the project:
- Appointment of staff in project Implementation and Monitoring cell at central Level(RCI)
- Selection of Nodal Centers in the respective States/Districts (Prospective Partners)
- Conduction of meetings of the project partners.
- Appointment of staff for State Project Implementation Team.
- Selection of Master Trainers and deputation of Master Trainers to the masters training programme conducted by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
- Visit by RCI Team for monitoring of ingoing Training Programmes in districts
- Preparation of Performa & Questionnaires to get feedback from Trainees, Resource Persons and Organizers.
- Method for marking of pre and post test papers for uniformity in evaluation.
- Review meeting with the state Implementing Agencies regarding work completed, Problems faced and future plans.
The Pilot Project with total financial outlay of Rs.1.50 crores from the ministry of Health & Family Welfare was completed on 31/03/2008 and a final report submitted to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
Following is the brief Progress of the Training Programmes conducted under the Project:(A) State wise number of batches conducted and persons trained as on 31/03/2008
Name of the State |
District |
Training completed as on 31/03/2008 |
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1st level PHC/CHC Medical Officers |
2nd level Health Workers PHN/MPW/CDPO/AWS |
3rd level Grass Roots level AWW/TBA/ASHA |
4th level Primary School Teachers |
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Batch |
Trainee |
Batch |
Trainee |
Batch |
Trainee |
Batch |
Trainee |
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Andhra Pradesh |
Hyderabad |
2 |
57 |
2 |
42 |
9 |
524 |
0 |
0 |
Mehaboob Nagar |
3 |
70 |
4 |
93 |
32 |
1911 |
0 |
0 |
|
Nalgonda |
3 |
53 |
15 |
372 |
42 |
2485 |
0 |
0 |
|
Assam |
Sonitpur |
3 |
87 |
12 |
372 |
19 |
1282 |
0 |
0 |
Kamrup |
3 |
59 |
8 |
222 |
21 |
1410 |
1 |
43 |
|
Nalbari |
3 |
90 |
15 |
377 |
14 |
912 |
0 |
0 |
|
Chandigarh |
Chandigarh |
2 |
45 |
7 |
161 |
6 |
363 |
6 |
322 |
Delhi |
North West |
3 |
68 |
14 |
340 |
24 |
1264 |
18 |
910 |
West |
3 |
70 |
7 |
131 |
5 |
238 |
0 |
0 |
|
Gujrat |
Bhavnagar |
3 |
64 |
14 |
316 |
7 |
411 |
5 |
252 |
Jamnagar |
1 |
14 |
11 |
251 |
2 |
129 |
5 |
293 |
|
Rajkot |
1 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
83 |
|
Karnataka |
Hassan |
3 |
60 |
14 |
381 |
10 |
473 |
0 |
0 |
Dharwad |
3 |
53 |
14 |
320 |
11 |
505 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mandya |
3 |
74 |
14 |
362 |
10 |
378 |
0 |
0 |
|
Manipur |
Imphal |
3 |
62 |
14 |
348 |
42 |
2372 |
20 |
912 |
Sikkim |
Gangtok |
3 |
76 |
18 |
464 |
27 |
1257 |
20 |
808 |
Tamil Nadu |
Vellapuram |
3 |
96 |
14 |
350 |
50 |
3000 |
20 |
1000 |
Vellore |
3 |
75 |
14 |
350 |
50 |
3000 |
20 |
1000 |
|
Tanjavur |
3 |
70 |
14 |
350 |
50 |
3000 |
20 |
1000 |
|
Uttarakhand |
Deharadun |
4 |
38 |
6 |
193 |
19 |
710 |
6 |
208 |
Haridwar |
7 |
248 |
45 |
2103 |
6 |
285 |
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Tehri |
9 |
219 |
21 |
571 |
9 |
276 |
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Uttar Pradesh |
Barabanki |
3 |
71 |
14 |
317 |
10 |
689 |
18 |
925 |
Gorakhpur |
3 |
70 |
10 |
288 |
11 |
664 |
17 |
866 |
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Total |
64 |
1446 |
271 |
6867 |
537 |
29651 |
193 |
9183 |
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(B) Level-Wise training completed & percentage achieved as per proposal.
Name of Training Programme |
Target Batches as per Proposal |
Total training batches conducted till 31/03/2008 (approx.) |
Target trainees as per proposal |
Total trainees attended the training as on 31/03/2008 |
Percent of total trainees attended the training as on 31/03/2008 (approx.) |
1st level: PHC/CHC Medical Officers |
70 |
64 |
91% |
1446 |
83% |
2nd Level: Health Care Workers/PHN/MPW/CDPO/AWS |
350 |
271 |
78% |
6867 |
79% |
3rd Level: Grass Roots level AWW/TBA/ASHA |
1250 |
537 |
43% |
29651 |
40% |
4th Level: Primary School Teachers |
450 |
193 |
43% |
9183 |
41% |