BHUBANESWAR, Odisha: The Government of Odisha, after the success of the Family Planning Logistics Management Information System (FPLMIS) in the rural areas, plans to extend the same to the urban are.
FPLMIS is an online-based platform to ensure an uninterrupted supply of contraceptive solutions to the target couples at the sub-centre level. Dr Bijay Panigrahi, Director, Family Planning, on June 11, said that they are trying to introduce the FPLMIS in the urban areas under the National Urban Health Mission Programme. He said, “Comprehensive measures have been undertaken in ensuring the quality of care while providing family planning services in our health facilities.”
He later added that efforts are underway to deliver the supply of newer contraceptive measures (injectables) to the eligible couples to increase the size of basket of choice for the targeted beneficiaries, both at the facility and at the community level.
On the occasion of ‘World Population Day’, Malkangiri and Rayagada districts have been facilitated for family planning services. District of Deogarh and Jagatsinghpur were awarded for introducing the injectable contraceptive measures, while the Sonepur and Malkangiri have been awarded for Intrauterine Contraceptive Device (IUCD) acceptance. Nuapada and Khurda, on the other hand, have been awarded for the implementation of FPLMIS in supply chain programme and family planning logistics. Khurda and Ganjam received the award for the overall implementation of FPLMIS, in 2021-22.
Dr Sadananda Panigrahi, Dr Sapan Kumar Dinda, Dr Anup Kumar Ghose, Dr Madan Mohan Mohapatra, Dr Muralidhar Padhi and Dr Deepak Kumar Dehury have been conferred with the lifetime achievement award for family planning.