Table 2.
Coverage and pace of IMNCI training
A. Coverage of IMNCI training by state (14 selected states) | |||
State | No. of IMNCIdistricts (n=203) | % of workers trained (of all health workers in district) | Average no. of workers trained per year per district |
Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 33 | 1,062 |
Assam | 9 | 41 | 247 |
Bihar | 15 | 22 | 440 |
Chattisgarh | 18 | 90 | 1,285 |
Gujarat | 18 | 75.4 | 1,043 |
Jharkhand | 13 | 20 | 490 |
Karnataka | 14 | 25 | 328 |
Madhya Pradesh | 15 | 64.3 | 528 |
Maharashtra | 25 | 35 | 547 |
Orissa | 16 | 42.6 | 584 |
Rajasthan | 17 | 49.4 | 208 |
Tamil Nadu | 20 | 51.5 | 656 |
Uttar Pradesh | 18 | 50.9 | 590 |
West Bengal | 3 | 62.5 | 372 |
B. Pace of training by year of initiation | |||
Year of initiation | No. of districts (n=198)* | % of workers trained (by September 2009) | No. of workers trained per month |
2005 | 12 | 82.9 | 949 |
2006 | 20 | 88.7 | 1,230 |
2007 | 78 | 62.5 | 4,700 |
2008 | 88 | 19.4 | 2,885 |
*Excludes districts that initiated IMNCI in 2009;
IMNCI=Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness