{"id":565,"date":"2025-08-26T19:11:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.236.237.24\/?page_id=565"},"modified":"2026-07-13T12:10:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:10:06","slug":"school-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/school-health\/","title":{"rendered":"PICME"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"565\" class=\"elementor elementor-565\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2df48e0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2df48e0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea6c894 elementor-widget elementor-widget-hfe-breadcrumbs-widget\" data-id=\"ea6c894\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ul class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs hfe-breadcrumbs-show-home\"><li class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-item hfe-breadcrumbs-first\"><span class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-home-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\"><span class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-text\">Home<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-732c29a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"732c29a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-919a2a6 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"919a2a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section\">\n\n<!-- HERO -->\n<div class=\"nhm-hero\" style=\"display: flex;\">\n<div class=\"nhm-hero-content\">\n<h2>PICME \u2014 Pregnancy and Infant Cohort Monitoring &amp; Evaluation<\/h2>\n<div class=\"sub-divider\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"nhm-banner\">\n<h4>Tracking Every Mother, By Name, From Conception to Delivery \u2014 Followed by Childhood<\/h4>\nPICME is Tamil Nadu&#8217;s real-time digital cohort-tracking system, following every eligible couple and <strong>pregnant woman through antenatal care, delivery, postnatal care, immunization and child health.<\/strong> Now in its third generation, PICME 3.0 (launched January 2024, statewide from April 2024) replaced paper-based reporting with live, verifiable data, evolving from PICME 1.0 (2008) and PICME 2.0 (2017).\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- KEY FEATURES -->\n<div class=\"nhm-feature-grid\">\n<div class=\"nhm-feature-card\" style=\"border-top: 5px solid #A66617;\">\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4>\ud83c\udfaf Risk-Based Care<\/h4>\nEvery pregnancy is risk-stratified (Extremely High \/ Very High \/ High Risk) so mothers are planned for delivery at the right facility \u2014 driving inappropriate birth planning down<strong> 88%, from 2,469 cases (Nov 2024) to 284 (Mar 2026).<\/strong>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nhm-feature-card\" style=\"border-top: 5px solid #A66617;\">\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4>\ud83d\udcc8 Real-Time Antenatal Tracking<\/h4>\nGovernment-facility ANC visit entries rose from <strong> 47% (May 2025) to 90% (Feb 2026)<\/strong>, giving frontline teams a live view of every mother&#8217;s care journey.\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nhm-feature-card\" style=\"border-top: 5px solid #A66617;\">\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4>\ud83d\udcf1 Self-Service for Mothers<\/h4>\nMothers can <strong>self-register their pregnancy and self-apply for Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy Maternity Benefit Scheme (Dr.MRMBS\u2013PMMVY 2.0)<\/strong> benefits online, with revised instalments per G.O. Ms. No. 94, and stay informed via the<strong> Thaimai mobile app.<\/strong>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nhm-feature-card\" style=\"border-top: 5px solid #A66617;\">\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4>\ud83d\udc76 Childhood Follow-Up<\/h4>\nBeyond birth, PICME tracks each child&#8217;s delivery point screening,<strong> immunization schedule, home-based child care visits (HBNC\/HBYC)<\/strong> by frontline workers keeping every child&#8217;s care continuum in one record.\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nhm-feature-card\" style=\"border-top: 5px solid #A66617;\">\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4>\ud83d\udd17 Reliable, Connected Data<\/h4>\nMissing birth plans are auto-flagged; institution records are cross-verified across CEmONC, DMS, and DPH systems; and high-risk mothers are line-listed and tracked even if they deliver outside their home district or State.\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nhm-feature-card\" style=\"border-top: 5px solid #A66617;\">\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4>\ud83d\udcca Monitoring at Every Level<\/h4>\nLive dashboards track beneficiaries, high-risk pregnancies, service delivery, benefit disbursement, and nutrition kit distribution \u2014 from State and District down to Block, Institution, and individual VHN\/UHN.\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home PICME \u2014 Pregnancy and Infant Cohort Monitoring &amp; Evaluation Tracking Every Mother, By Name, From Conception to Delivery \u2014 Followed by Childhood PICME is Tamil Nadu&#8217;s real-time digital cohort-tracking system, following every eligible couple and pregnant woman through antenatal care, delivery, postnatal care, immunization and child health. 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