National Oral Health Programme

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Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
07-April-2017 13:20 IST

The Government had launched National Oral Health Programme (NOHP) in the year 2014-15 to strengthen the public health facilities of the country for an accessible, affordable and quality oral health care delivery.

The programme was started in 9 states in 2014-15 and now it is under implementation in 294 districts of 32 States/UTs. The present status of implementation of NOHP State/UT wise is given below:

State/UT wise NOHP Implementation Outcomes

( 2014 to 2017 )

S.N	State/UT	Districts covered	Approval Given for full support of Dental clinics	Only HR support for Dental clinics	Only Equipment Support	Clinics functional
1	Bihar	10	10	Nil	Nil	Nil
2	Chhattisgarh	27	9	130	Nil	Nil
3	Himachal Pradesh	12	12	Nil	Nil	5
4	Jammu and Kashmir	5	5	Nil	Nil	Nil
5	Jharkhand	24	6	Nil	Nil	6
6	Madhya Pradesh	1	2	Nil	Nil	Nil
7	Odisha	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
8	Rajasthan	3	3	30	Nil	3
9	Uttar Pradesh	8	8	Nil	Nil	1
10	Uttarakhand	5	5	Nil	Nil	5
11	Andhra Pradesh	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
12	Telengana	5	5	Nil	Nil	5*
13	Gujarat	8	8	Nil	Nil	Nil
14	Goa	1	1	Nil	Nil	1
15	Haryana	18	Nil	Nil	18	18
16	Karnataka	13	13	Nil	Nil	NIl
17	Kerala	2	Nil	Nil	2	2
18	Maharashtra	26	26	Nil	Nil	Nil
19	Punjab	22	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
20	Tamil Nadu	32	55	Nil	Nil	295
21	West Bengal	20	50	Nil	Nil	Nil
22	Andaman and Nicobar Island	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
23	Chandigarh	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
24	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	1	1	Nil	Nil	1
25	Daman and Diu	1	Nil	1	Nil	1
26	Lakshadweep	1	1	Nil	Nil	1
27	Delhi	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
28	Pondicherry	1	1	Nil	Nil	Nil
29	Arunachal Pradesh	16	16	Nil	Nil	8
30	Assam	2	2	Nil	Nil	Nil
31	Manipur	7	Nil	Nil	7	Nil
32	Meghalaya	8	8	Nil	Nil	4
33	Mizoram	6	6	Nil	Nil	3
34	Nagaland	5	5	Nil	Nil	2
35	Sikkim	4	5	Nil	Nil	Nil
36	Tripura	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
	TOTAL	294	263	161	27	356

The programme has two components as under:

1. NHM Component: This is for the support of health facilities [District level and below] of the States/UTs with the following components of a Dental Unit:

· Manpower support [Dentist, Dental Hygienist, Dental Assistant];

· Equipments including dental Chair;

· Consumables for dental procedures.

The State/UT-wise grants approved/released/spent for NOHP under NHM component are given below:


A llocation, Release & Expenditure under NOHP (Expenditure updated as on 3rd Quarter i.e. 31.12.2016)
Figures in crore of Rupees
S.N.	State	2014-15 under NOHP			2015-16 under Mission Flexipool *			2016-17under Mission Flexipool *
S.N.	State	Allocation	Release	Exp	Allocation	Release	Exp**	Allocation	Release	Exp**
1	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.31	6.87	-	5.82	-	0.00
2	Andhra Pradesh	0.00	0.00	0.00	153.63	177.57	0.39	161.69	170.74	0.00
3	Arunachal Pradesh	0.05	0.05	0	58.49	57.62	-	62.05	46.54	0.00
4	Assam	0.00	0.00	0.00	334.77	335.46	-	355.15	319.63	0.00
5	Bihar	0.00	0.00	0.00	417.67	375.89	-	441.19	397.07	0.00
6	Chandigarh	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.76	0.94	-	1.63	1.72	0.00
7	Chattisgarh	0.00	0.00	0.00	159.96	147.16	-	168.97	178.41	0.02
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.97	4.37	0.03	5.24	3.93	0.06
9	Daman & Diu	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.78	2.29	-	3.13	2.35	0.00
10	Delhi	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.96	15.42	-	25.84	41.11	0.00
11	Goa	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.43	4.43	-	4.67	2.34	0.00
12	Gujarat	0.16	0.16	0	175.38	196.32	-	184.54	194.85	0.01
13	Haryana	0.00	0.00	0.00	69.10	69.11	-	72.83	76.90	0.00
14	Himachal Pradesh	0.31	0.31	0.01	78.12	78.12	0.72	82.52	87.13	0.15
15	Jammu & Kashmir	0.28	0.28	0	152.13	158.22	-	160.70	152.60	0.00
16	Jharkhand	0.00	0.00	0.00	158.47	118.86	-	167.39	88.37	0.00
17	Karnataka	0.00	0.00	0.00	185.57	185.57	-	195.32	206.22	0.00
18	Kerala	0.00	0.00	0.00	66.29	71.59	-	69.89	52.42	0.00
19	Lakshadweep	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.78	1.60	-	1.38	0.69	0.00
20	Madhya Pradesh	0.41	0.41	0	371.21	427.44	0.06	392.12	414.01	0.00
21	Maharashtra	0.00	0.00	0.00	302.46	314.56	-	318.36	352.84	0.00
22	Manipur	0.00	0.00	0.00	35.41	35.48	-	37.57	18.79	0.00
23	Meghalaya	0.00	0.00	0.00	37.89	37.97	-	40.19	-	0.47
24	Mizoram	0.17	0.17	0.14	18.25	13.98	0.14	19.36	14.52	0.19
25	Nagaland	0.16	0.16	0.00	25.74	25.79	-	27.30	20.48	0.00
26	Orissa	0.00	0.00	0.00	217.57	217.57	-	229.82	218.39	0.00
27	Puducherry	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.13	3.11	-	6.70	10.90	0.00
28	Punjab	0.00	0.00	0.00	75.22	90.89	-	79.27	83.70	0.00
29	Rajasthan	0.12	0.12	0	377.60	411.41	0.16	398.87	421.15	0.24
30	Sikkim	0.05	0.05	0.03	9.01	9.02	0.02	9.56	8.60	0.05
31	Tamil Nadu	0.00	0.00	0.00	181.29	208.48	-	191.06	201.72	9.01
32	Tripura	0.00	0.00	0.00	38.33	38.79	-	40.66	30.49	0.00
33	Uttar Pradesh	0.00	0.00	0.00	765.42	688.88	0.10	808.53	768.32	0.22
34	Uttarakhand	0.00	0.00	0.00	89.66	83.39	-	94.71	90.00	0.18
35	West Bengal	0.00	0.00	0.00	233.55	179.83	-	246.39	260.15	0.00
36	Telangana	0.00	0.00	0.00	109.80	121.61	-	115.56	115.91	0.00
Grand Total		1.72	1.72	0.18	4,926.09	4,915.60	1.62	5,226.00	5,052.99	10.60
Note:
* Mission Flexipool covers as many as 29 activites/Programme/Scheme out of which NOHP is one. Hence, programme wise releases is not available
** Expenditure given NOHP wise and it includes against Central Releases, State share & unspent balance as the beginning of the year.
The above figures are provided by NHM as NOHP covered under Health System Strengthening since 2015-16
The above figures of expenditure during 2016-17 are updated to 31.12.2016. Hence, the figures are provisonal

2. Tertiary Component:

· Designing Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials like Posters, TV Commercial, Radio Spots, Training Modules;

· Organizing national, regional nodal officers training program to enhance the programme management skills, review the status of the programme;

· Preparing State/District level Trainers by conducting national, regional workshops to train the paramedical health functionaries associated in health care delivery.

For Tertiary activities, the following table provides information on the actual expenditure vis-à-vis the approved outlay:

(Amount in crore of Rupees)

Year	RE	Actual Expenditure
2014-15	1.01	1.01
2015-16	1.01	0.44
2016-17	1.01	0.92

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare launched an IVRS Help line for Oral Health Programme on the occasion of World Oral Health Day on 20 March 2017 Which can be accessed through a toll free number by any individual by dialling 1800-11-2032 with the aims to:

· Provide information regarding common oral health concerns;

· Create awareness regarding the importance of oral health;

· Dispel common myths regarding oral diseases;

· Provide emergency instructions in case of common oral health diseases.

NOHP provides support to States/ UTs for IEC and outreach activities. Under the NHM component, the programme provides support for setting up of Dental Care Units at the District level and below. It encourages States/UTs to celebrate World Oral Health Day in March by conducting awareness generating activities (such as outreach camps and screening camps etc.).

At the Central level, under its Tertiary activities, the following steps have been taken:

· NOHP in collaboration with Centre for Dental Education & Research (CDER), AIIMS, New Delhi has developed posters, pamphlets and badges for distribution to States/ UTs as well as Government Dental Colleges.

· As a part of the World Oral Health Day celebrations on 20^th March 2017, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched a TV commercial and radio jingle on oral health which have been aired on the Doordarshan network and Radio.

· MoHFW also launched 5 one page interactive games for school children helping them learn about tooth brushing and mouth rinsing while motivating them to maintain good oral hygiene.

· The IVRS help line was launched as a means of generating awareness and providing knowledge pertaining to oral health.

· To promote awareness about oral health among the people, the posters have been distributed to States/UTs.

The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Smt Anupriya Patel stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.

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MV/LK