Workshop on e-janma software gets under way at ZP

Mangaluru: A two-day workshop on rules and regulations governing e-janma software under the aegis of chief registrar of births and deaths, government of Karnataka, got under way at Nethravathi meeting hall of Dakshina Kannada (DK) zilla panchayat on Wednesday. The e-janma software has been implemented in rural areas of the district from April 1, 2015, and in urban areas from June 1, 2017. Village accountants are birth and death registration officers.
Government medical officers are designated deputy birth and death registration officers. There are a total 436 birth and death registration centres in DK district, including 368 registration centres in rural areas and 68 sub-registration centres in government hospitals. In urban areas, there are 24 such registration centres including 9 birth registration centres and 15 sub-registration centres in government hospitals.

With help of this software, uniformity of procedure is followed in registration of births and deaths in the 456 birth and death registration centres in the district. This registration is also done in 17 nada kacheris, Mangaluru City Corporation, city municipal council, town municipal council and town panchayat offices dotting the district and government hospitals under these urban local bodies, a communique from the district statistical officer, stated.

The software helps with periodic updation of births and deaths in each revenue district in the state, and also helps authorities arrive at the sex ration in the district. It is also useful in determining key health indices pertaining to women, especially child-bearing capacity in relation to their age of marriage, and also helps lay out an immunisation chart for the newborn child as laid down in the universal immunisation schedule.

The software is also useful in determining birth-death ratio and also helps policymakers learn reasons for cause of death, especially if it is due to any epidemic or communicable disease. It also helps policymakers formulate strategies to contain epidemics or outbreaks and even facilitates medical researchers to undertake studies. R Selavamani, CEO, DK ZP, who inaugurated the workshop, urged stakeholders to benefit from it.