Components of the programme:
Manpower training and development – For prevention, early identification and management of hearing impaired and deafness cases, training would be provided from medical college level specialists (ENT and Audiology) to grass root level workers.
Capacity building – for the district hospital, community health centers and primary health center in respect of ENT/ Audiology infrastructure.
Service provision– Early detection and management of hearing and speech impaired cases and rehabilitation, at different levels of health care delivery system.
Awareness generation through IEC/BCC activities – for early identification of hearing impaired, especially children so that timely management of such cases is possible and to remove the stigma attached to deafness.
Under capacity building the programme districts are getting Sound proof room constructed at district hospital and diagnostic equipments, surgical equipments & instruments for ear surgery. Diagnostic kits for CHC PHC are also provisioned. Training of manpower at state, district & CHC PHC level(ENT Surgeons to Grass root worker).
Existing districts under NPPCD
1
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Agra
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19
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Shahjahanpur
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2
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Allahabad
|
20
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Varanasi
|
3
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Aligarh
|
21
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Ballia
|
4
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Azamgarh
|
22
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Deoria
|
5
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Banda
|
23
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Etawah
|
6
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Barabanki
|
24
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Fatehpur
|
7
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Baharaich
|
25
|
Gaziabad
|
8
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Basti
|
26
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Hathras
|
9
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Bareilly
|
27
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Jaunpur
|
10
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Faizabad,
|
28
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Lalitpur
|
11
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Gorakhpur
|
29
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Mahoba
|
12
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Jhansi
|
30
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Mathura
|
13
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Kanpur Nagar
|
31
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Mujjafarnagar
|
14
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Lucknow
|
32
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Raibareilly
|
15
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Meerut
|
33
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Rampur,
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16
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Mirzapur
|
34
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Shrawasti
|
17
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Moradabad
|
35
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Siddharthnagar
|
18
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Saharanpur
|
36
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Sonbhadra
|
New districts included under NPPCD programme in 2018-19
1
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Badaun
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11
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Hardoi
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2
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Baghpat
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12
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Jalaun
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3
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Bijnour
|
13
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Kannauj
|
4
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Bulandshahr
|
14
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Kanpur Dehat
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5
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Chandauli
|
15
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Khiri
|
6
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Farrukhabad
|
16
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Kushinagar
|
7
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Gautambuddha Nagar
|
17
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Mau
|
8
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Ghazipur
|
18
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Pratapgarh
|
9
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Gonda
|
19
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Sitapur
|
10
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Hamirpur
|
20
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Unnao
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