Software helps Tamil Nadu Tracks Health of Pregnant Women
Safety of pregnant women assumed significance in Tamil Nadu due to high mortality rates. The state then decided to introduce a database for pregnant women in urban areas to bring down maternal mortality rate (MMR) and this was coupled with a good tracking system. The system called Pregnancy Infant COHORT Monitoring uation (PICME) generates a unique number for every pregnant woman visiting any government hospital and follows up on her health till delivery.
The district of Madurai is already reaping benefits of this online system, last year, 58 women died in the district and this year so far the maternal mortality stood at 42. The importance of good tracking system can be understood from the data which says that 75 per cent of the total deliveries in the district are happening in government sector. Every month, Madurai district records 4,000 deliveries of which nearly 1,750 are in the GRH while 1,200 babies are born in PHCs. In private hospitals, 1,100 deliveries are taking place on an average per month.
Using the PICME number, nurses visit each pregnant woman five times. The number also acts as an identification code for the woman, whose health history and status will be accessible to all government hospitals. She is tracked for haemoglobin, ultrasound, HIV and foetal movements. When the expected date of delivery comes close, the health staff will be on alert.
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