The programme will screen women above the age of 35 for non-communicable diseases like cancer, diabetes, heart and respiratory ailments. According to the WHO, NCDs account for 60% of the total deaths in India.
Dell EMC is partnering with the Government of Andhra Pradesh for the Mahila Master Health Checkup (MMHC), a health care programme for women. For EMC (now part of Dell EMC) this is the second engagement with the state of Andhra Pradesh.
The program will screen women above the age of 35 for non-communicable diseases like cancer, diabetes, heart and respiratory ailments. According to the WHO, NCDs account for 60% of the total deaths in India.
The programme is being launched in more than 7000 health sub centers and would be used by 12000 health workers to screen approximately 9 million women in the next 6 months. Dell EMC is the technology partner that will provide the software solution for MMHC, consisting of the tablet application for the health workers, the web apps for the secondary level and tertiary level doctors, and dashboards for the health officials. The solution is run and managed by the Health Department on NIC cloud infrastructure.
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Sarv Saravanan, Senior Vice President, Dell EMC said, “It is heartening to see that comprehensive women’s health programs are being launched by the progressive Andhra Pradesh Government. We are happy to associate with the MMHC program and provide the best in breed technology that is critical to making this a roaring success.”
In September 2015, the United Nations announced the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, comprising 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). India is one of the countries that has committed to working towards achieving the SDGs by 2030. Good health and well-being is number 3 on the SDG list. By working towards improving women’s health, the MMHC initiative is an important step forward in this direction.
“In our country there is an urgent need to improve basic healthcare services to women, a program like Mahila Master Health Checkup will surely improve women’s access to healthcare and reduce morbidity among them. This partnership is a true example of technology driving human progress. Through this partnership we would like to provide the advanced technology that would improve and support mobile healthcare that would expand the access to healthcare services in remote areas in AP,” said Rajesh Janey, President- Enterprise, India and SAARC, Dell EMC.
MMHC program is the next version of the MeeArogyam solution. Dell EMC’s MeeArogyam solution was launched last year by the Honorable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on August 15th, 2015. It was piloted in Visakhapatnam district, in 516 primary health care centers and is being used by over 800 health workers, doctors and health department staff and officials.