The Pregnancy and Infant Cohort Monitoring and Evaluation, a software, that captures the details of nearly 11 lakh pregnant women in the State every year, has now got an upgrade. The new PICME 3.0 will “actively promote” self-registration for RCH ID, and pave the way for sharing of the linelist through PICME with the Integrated Child Development Services scheme for …
Every pregnant woman has to register on software PICME in Tamil Nadu. It was one such registration in the Kadaladi Primary Health Centre that helped district officials zero in on illegal abortions in Tiruvannamalai town. When one registered woman did not turn up for her antenatal check-up for eight weeks, the PHC’s medical officer asked the Village Health Nurse to …
