Telangana Health Officials Trained on PCPNDT Act Compliance

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• A sensitisation and orientation workshop on the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994 was conducted at the Indian Institute of Health and family Welfare (IIHFW), Hyderabad, on July 9.
• The workshop was attended by District Medical and Health officers (DMHOs) from all 33 districts of Telangana.
• Senior officials from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW),including Dr.Padmini Kashyap, Deputy Commissioner, and Dr. Indranil Das, Director for PCPNDT, led the training sessions.
• Topics covered included enhancing societal value towards girl children, monitoring implementation indicators for the PCPNDT Act in Telangana state, roles/responsibilities of Advisory Committees under the Act’s framework, legal guidelines surrounding clinical practices related too pre-conception/pre-natal diagnostics as per updated law provisions safeguarding female infanticide or non-permissible prenatal choices clusters/metrics tracking adhering those systemic penalization deterrents tied data.

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