National Project Implementation Plan - NVBDCP

At least 75% of persons found
positive for Pf (except
pregnant women in their first
trimester) by identified
facilities receive adequate
treatment 4
3 Vector Control At least 25% of households
targeted for IRS are
completely sprayed in each
planned spray round 4
Maximum Score 16
TOTAL SCORE 50
During the project implementation, it will be ensured that at least 40% districts
will pass the benchmark criteria.
Procurement: The detailed procurement arrangements are described in
Chapter 12.
10.2 Institutional Set-up for Quality Assurance
Drug Controller of a state is responsible for ensuring quality of drugs
manufactured or sold in the state, whether in the government sector or private
sector. She/he is authorized to grant licenses for manufacture, storage by
medical stores including government stores, and for sale of drugs. She/he also
issues GMP certificate following the procedures laid out in the Revised Schedule
M of Drugs and Cosmetics Act. However, the WHO GMP certificate is issued
only after undertaking a joint inspection with the representative of the Drug
Controller General of India. The DRA in most states is generally small and
inadequately staffed, the exceptions being Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
which have comparatively larger organizations. The drug inspectors are field
officers of the Drug Controller’s organization and generally one or more are
posted in a district, depending on the workload. The lack of capacity of DRA is
a major concern particularly with MOH making of GMP certification using
revised Schedule M mandatory since July 2006.
In some states, powers of the Drug Controller have been delegated to district
authorities. For example, in some states, the Drug Inspectors report to the
district authorities and work under their control and the power of granting drug
license has been delegated to the districts and usually the Chief Medical Officer
of Health exercises the powers. There are testing labs under the Drug
Controller’s Organization but they do not have adequate capacity. Efforts will
be made to strengthen capacities of the drugs testing laboratories under the
Bank supported Food and Drugs Capacity Building Project (Credit No. 37770-
IN).
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