Assesment of Roles and Responsibilities of ASHA workers in Bijapur taluk of Karnataka .

The discourse on the ASHA’s role centres around three typologies - ASHA as an activist, ASHA as a link worker or facilitator, and ASHA as a community level health care provider. She will counsel women on birth preparedness, importance of safe delivery, breastfeeding and complementary feeding, immunization, contraception and prevention of common infections including Reproductive Tract Infection/Sexually Transmitted Infection (RTIs/STIs) and care of the young child. A cross sectional study was done on 132 ASHA workers selected from 5 random PHCs in Bijapur taluk. Data was collected in a prestructured proforma using interview technique from June to October, 2012. Most of the ASHA workers were not aware about the newer roles and responsibilities been implied on them under various national programmes including the immunization guidelines and schedule. All the ASHA workers were aware about the performance based incentive for the their work in the community and its their right to claim that incentive. Under the cascade model of training to the ASHA, trainings should provide complete knowledge and skills to the trainees within the stipulated time. Quality of training should be enhanced and refresher trainings should be planned regularly.

Coverage And Compliance Of Mass Drug Administration For Elimination Of Lymphatic Filariasis In Endemic Areas Of Bagalkot District, Karnataka.

Abstracts: Backround:Mass d-rug administration (MDA), for control of filariasis was launched by government of India in 1996. Under this programme, all the beneficiaries in the age group of 2 to 60 years (excluding pregnant mothers, people above 60 and having other illness), will be administered. Filariasis being endemic in the District Methodology: The MDA was carried out in the district in the month of May 2014. This study was conducted To assess the coverage and compliance of MDA in Bagalkot district in the year 2014. After visiting the selected cluster ( 3 rural and 1 urban) the information was collected from the 30 houses in each cluster randomly.Results : Out of 720 population surveyed 353 (49.02%) were males and 367 (50.98%) were female ,3.1% of geriatric population were given the drugs . 406 (56.4%) had taken full course, 58 (8.1%) had partially taken the drugs while 256 (35.5%) had either not received the drugs or had not taken the tablet. Though the coverage was high, the compliance was only 56.4 %, which is much below the target of 85%. Main reason for noncompliance was lack of adequate information .Conclusion :Effective drug delivery strategies such as proper area demarcation, repeat house visits have to be done to improve coverage. Training of drug distributors to improve interpersonal communication & effective IEC activities are to be emphasized to improve compliance & achieve elimination of filariasis.