Project SPARSA inaugurated in Angul

By Bijay Mishra
Angul , 17-8-23

New initiative Project SPARSA has been inaugurated in Angul ,which witnessed slow progress in reducing Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) even after continuance of various central and state projects . 

The Angul District Administration, collaborating with JSP Foundation launched Project SPARSA, a technology-driven initiative to reduce the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) in the district , which was inaugurated by Minister , Industries, MSEM and Energy Shri Pratap Keshari Deb on 15 August 2023. He handed over the Digital Diagnostic Kits to ANMs of 200 Health Sub Centres in the district.

Angul District Collector Shri Siddharth Shankar Swain, who played a crucial role in conceptualising this project, highlighted the various features of this project.

Speaking on this occasion, JSP’s President and Group Head (CSR) Shri Prashant  Hota said, “This initiative is aimed at empowering and training Grassroot Health Workers to combat high-risk pregnancies and support lactating mothers in Angul district. We are leveraging digital technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT) to improve the quality of life of people. We hope this project will help ensure safe motherhood by identifying high-risk pregnancies and facilitating their treatment”.

The project involves providing Health Workers (females) with a kit of connected medical devices and training them to use these to conduct diagnoses of pregnant women during their regular visits.

These Kits contain BP instrument,Oxymeter  Glucometer, Urine Anslysis,Foetus Heartbeat monitor,Digital weight machine,   Mobile &Software for RealTime Capture of Data.This will help to identify high risk pregnancies, take immediate corrective steps for safe motherhood .