This is an archive article published on April 21, 2022

IIT-M, National Health Mission team up to jointly reduce maternal mortality rate

A project report 'SmartNRP' (neonatal resuscitation programme) was released by the National Health Mission (Tamil Nadu) director Darez Ahamed recently to reduce the maternal mortality rate in the presence IIT-Madras director-professor V Kamakoti, among others.

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By: PTI

2 min readChennaiApr 21, 2022 12:11 PM IST First published on: Apr 21, 2022 at 07:45 AM IST

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, (IIT-M) were working with the National Health Mission of Tamil Nadu to improve health of newborns, as health workers were facing a major challenge at primary health centres (PHCs) in rural areas of the State.

A project report ‘SmartNRP’ (neonatal resuscitation programme) was released by the National Health Mission (Tamil Nadu) director Darez Ahamed recently to reduce the maternal mortality rate in the presence IIT-Madras director-professor V Kamakoti, among others.

A team at the IIT-Madras Centre of Excellence on virtual reality identified skill training of the health workers as the major challenge the country was facing particularly at the PHCs.