India, April 10 -- District health authorities in Gautam Budh Nagar have directed officials to improve service delivery, strengthen data reporting, and ensure wider coverage of key public health schemes, as part of ongoing efforts to enhance the district's health indicators.

The directions were issued at a review meeting of various health programmes on Wednesday, chaired by chief development officer (CDO) Shivakant Dwivedi, that flagged gaps in areas such as telemedicine services, institutional deliveries and beneficiary payments under maternal welfare schemes.

Stressing that providing accessible, timely and quality healthcare remains a top priority, the officials called for a better coordination among departments to ensure that benefit...