Evaluation of India action plan for prevention of pneumonia and diarrhoea - a diarrhoea management program in Bihar, India Online publication date: Thu, 18-Apr-2024
by Kirti Udayai; Balgopal Singh; Piyush Kumar
International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management (IJPSPM), Vol. 13, No. 3, 2024
Abstract: Globally, with nearly 1.5 billion episodes of diarrhoea per year, 1.5-2.5 million children succumb to untimely death before the fifth summer of their existence. Magnitude of the leading cause of paediatric morbidity and mortality in India is indicated by a whopping 3 lakhs deaths per year. Government of India and National Health Mission launched the India Action Plan for Prevention of Pneumonia and Diarrhoea (IAPPD). This study aimed to evaluate the effect of IAPPD in context of awareness and right practises among caregivers of children suffering from diarrhoea. This study used a structured questionnaire, administered to 737 households selected using cluster multistage sampling. The findings suggest that the implementation of IAPPD has lead to improvement of overall diarrhoea management practices in the districts; hence programs should scale up in other districts of Bihar. Conversion of awareness into right practise is the need of an hour for further control and prevention.
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