Health Management Information System (HMIS)
The Health Management Information System (HMIS) in Tamil Nadu is a key digital platform designed to enhance the collection, analysis, and reporting of healthcare data. It brings together information from various public health programs, hospital systems, and patient care services to support better decision-making and improve overall service delivery. Tamil Nadu has been a pioneer in implementing HMIS, enabling real-time data capture across government healthcare facilities.
National Program on Climate Change and Human Health (NPCCHH)
Climate change is defined as: “a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.”(Source: UNFCCC). It affects social and environmental determinants of health like-clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter.
Mobile Medical Units (MMUs)
Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) form a critical component of the State’s public health delivery system, extending essential primary healthcare services to populations residing in under served remote ,inaccessible and hard-to-reach areas.
The Anaemia Mukt Bharat (AMB)
The Anaemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) programme aims to reduce the prevalence of anaemia across all age groups through a comprehensive life-cycle approach. The programme focuses on iron and folic acid supplementation, anaemia screening and treatment, deworming, behaviour change communication, and strengthening service delivery to improve nutritional outcomes and reduce the burden of anaemia.
National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP)
The Tamil Nadu National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) is committed to achieving a TB-free Tamil Nadu through early diagnosis, quality treatment, and comprehensive patient-centered care. The programme works in close partnership with public and private healthcare providers, communities, and development partners. The program provides access to diagnostic services by offering molecular Diagnostic testing to all suspected TB individuals, appropriate treatment regimen and monitoring, TB prevention through short course TB Prevention therapy to eligible individuals and support services like DBT and nutrition to all Patients across the state. All services are provided free of cost to attain zero out of pocket expenditure to patients in the public sector.
The Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK)
The Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) is implemented for adolescents aged 10–19 years to ensure equitable access to quality adolescent health services, including for vulnerable and underserved groups. The programme adopts a comprehensive promotive and preventive approach through community outreach, adolescent-friendly health services, counselling, behaviour change communication, and strengthening of Adolescent Friendly Health Centres (AFHCs).