Directorate of Medical & Health Services, Uttar Pradesh

National Iodine Deficiency Disorder Control Programme (NIDDCP)

Program Officer and Other Employee at State :
SNNAMEDESIGNATIONCONTACT NUMBERCUG NUMBEREMAIL
1Dr. Rajendra SinghState Programme Officer941556114 adshi1972@gmail.com
2Dr.Nirupma SinghJoint Director9473603422 adshi1972@gmail.com
3Dr.Arpit SethState Technical Officer9648418514 adshi1972@gmail.com
4Mr. Lokesh SinghStatistical Assistant9532994209 adshi1972@gmail.com
5Dr.Sant KumarNodal Officer (Agra)9412445151 cmoaga@up.nic.in
6Dr.S.P.SinghNodal Officer (Aligarh)9759596865 cmoaih@up.nic.in
7Dr.Parvej AkhtarNodal Officer (Azamgarh)9450773612 cmoazh@up.nic.in
8Dr.Farkhreyar HussainNodal Officer (Basti)8052513516 cmobsi@up.nic.in
9Dr.P.k.VermaNodal Officer (Bahraich)9648250025 cmobrh@gmail.com
10Dr.R.L. GiriNodal Officer (Bareilly)- cmobry@up.nic.in
11Dr.S.K.NigamNodal Officer (Bijnor)9651718288 cmobjr@up.nic.in
12Dr.A.KumarNodal Officer (Bulandshahar)9412010422 cmobsr@up.nic.in
13Dr.Rajeev PandeyNodal Officer (Deoria)9161517820 cmodoi@up.nic.in
14Dr.C.B.DwivediNodal Officer (Faizabad)9450766050 cmofzd@up.nic.in
15Dr.Neeraj AgarwalNodal Officer (Ghaziabad)9958768745 cmogzd@up.nic.in
16Dr.Dev RajNodal Officer (Gonda)9415110246 cmogda@up.nic.in
17Dr.VishwakarmaNodal Officer (Gorakhpur)9415823242 cmogkp@up.nic.in
18Dr.Harish ChandraNodal Officer (Jaunpur)9415650736 cmojnp@up.nic.in
19Dr.MatadeenNodal Officer (Kheeri)9219553239 cmokhi@up.nic.in
20Dr. Dileep Kr. JatavNodal Officer (Mathura)9837701429 cmomta@up.nic.in
21Dr.Sanjay JodhaNodal Officer (Muzaffarnagar)9412557755 cmomuf@up.nic.in
22Dr.Prashant KumarNodal Officer (Pilibhit)9456099010 cmopbt@up.nic.in
23Dr.V.K. TyagiNodal Officer (Rampur)9410465663 cmormr@up.nic.in
24Dr. ChaudharyNodal Officer (Raibareilly)9936673234 cmorbi@up.nic.in
25Dr.Ram AsreyNodal Officer (Sultanpur)9415120985 cmostr@up.nic.in
26Dr.SatendraNodal Officer (Shahjanpur)9919722200 cmosjr@up.nic.in
27Dr.Rajesh JainNodal Officer (Saharanpur)9457034502 cmosrr@up.nic.in
28Dr.P.D. GuptaNodal Officer (Varanasi)9918902103 9415373264 cmovns@up.nic.in, npcdcsvaranasi@gmail.com, ppgupta6@gmail.com
Program Objective :
  • (a) To bring down the prevalence rate of IDD of IDD less than 5%.
  • (b) To ensure 100% household consume adequately Iodised salt( >15 PPM).
Brief Description of Programme :
Iodine Deficiency Disorders continues to be one of the major public health problems in India with around 200 million people estimated to be at risk. Iodine Deficiency Disorders include abortions, stillbirths ,goiter ,cretinism, dwarfism, mental deficiency, deaf mutism, squint and retarded mental and physical development. Iodine deficiency is particularly damaging during early pregnancy as it retards foetal brain development. Basically NIDDCP Programme focuses on the following
  • Survey and Resurvey every 5 year to know prevalence rate.
  • Supply of only Iodised salt for human consumption(salt having >15 ppm iodine at consumer level)
  • Creating demands for Iodised Salt especially in rural areas.
  • IEC & Health Education.
Activities:
  • Monitoring the Iodine content of salt at household level for which ASHAs have been given the responsibility of testing 50 samples of salt per month qualitatively by the STK’s provided to them. A sum of Rs. 25/- for testing 50 samples per month is given to ASHA as incentive.
  • Quantitative analysis of salt is being done at state IDD lab in State Health Institute, Aliganj Lucknow Uttar Pradesh.
  • IEC activities to create awareness at the consumer level.
  • Celebrating global IDD day on 21st October by doing different activities to educate them general public about the benefits of consumptions of adequately Iodised salt.
Year of Starting  : The Programme was launched in 1962 as NGCP (National Goitre Control Programme). Later in 1992 the programme was renamed as National Iodine Deficiency Disorder Control Programme (NIDDCP).
Program running in District   : Agra , Aligarh, Azamgarh, Basti, Bahraich, Bareilly, Bijnor, Bulandsahar, Deoria, Faizabad, Ghaziabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Jaunpur, Kheri, Mathura, Muzaffarnagar, Pilibhit, Rampur, Raebareli, Sultanpur, Shahjanpur, Saharanpur, Varanasi