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Yavatmal District Blindness Control Society: a case study
S P Rao1, R V Dubewar, P G Deotale
1Dept. of Preventive and Social Medicine, V.N. Government Medical College, Yavatmal, India.
Purpose:
To retrospectively study the records and reports available at the District Blindness Control Society (DBCS), Yavatmal in terms of target fixation, performance and utilisation of manpower and equipment.
Methods:
All the available records, reports, correspondence, and proceedings of meetings from 1981-98 were scrutinized and analyzed.
Results:
The performance records and reports showed that over the last 10 years the target achievement of DBCS is close to 100%. However, the fixed facility (District hospital/Tertiary hospital where cataract surgeries are being performed under strict aseptic conditions) performance does not match the targets. The district mobile unit camp performance achieved 35-40% of the target in the last quarter of the financial year.
Conclusion:
The target fixation is irrational and needs improvement, and it is necessary for the program managers in the district to undertake analysis of the available data to ensure performance improvement.