This project, which even the Union government is now considering replicating in various states of the country, tracks and monitors the health of pregnant women and children up to six years.
It is the kind of 'motherly' system that will remember a child's needs — even if the mother forgets.
So then, even if a parent in the state doesn't remember when the infant needs a vaccine, the Gujarat government's E-Mamta scheme will know, and ensure it gets done in time.
This project, which even the Union government is now considering replicating in various states of the country, tracks and monitors the health of pregnant women and children up to six years. As of date, the state government has registered 4,41,17,628 individuals' health records under the E-Mamta project. Moreover, according to registered data, 5,48,280 women in the state, who have been registered under the project, are expecting additions to their families.
Speaking about the project, KK Panchal, additional health director (statistics), said that this project aims to cover everyone in Gujarat, and keep track of all pregnant women and newborns. "Till now, almost all rural and semi-urban areas have been covered for registration under E-Mamta. We are focusing on slums and semi-slum areas in big cities first, as people living in rural and semi-urban areas and city slums are the ones availing maximum healthcare services from government-run health centres and hospitals," he said.
Everything about a child, from his very conception to education, is tracked and monitored under this system. Also, for parents giving out their cellphone numbers, vaccination alerts would be received via SMS on specific dates.
According to the registered data, under the project, there are 1,98,141 children in the 0-1 year age group, who have been registered in the database. The parents of these infants will be getting SMS alerts for vaccination.
A similar intimation will be made to family health workers (FHWs) working in the respective areas, so that even if the parents miss the vaccination dates, the FHW will visit the family and ensure that the vaccination is done. This way, the scheme wishes to ensure that the maximum possible number of children are covered under vaccination.
In fact, the project has also been recognized by the Union government. Recently, a group of officials from the Centre had visited Gandhinagar to understand the project. "The government of India has also shown interest in the project, for emulation in other states of the country," informed Panchal.
The health and family welfare department of the state prepared the E-Mamta software, with the help of the National Rural Health Mission and the state's National Informatics Centre (NIC) that registers and keeps track of pregnant women and children aged between 0 and 6.
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