MoHFW initiatives to strengthen primary healthcare under NHM (AAMs, teleconsultation, AB PM-JAY, NCD clinics)
National Health Mission support focuses on Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, teleconsultation, non-communicable disease clinics and insurance coverage under Ayushman Bharat
- The ministry provides technical and financial support to States and Union Territories for public healthcare services and disease prevention under the National Health Mission.
- The programme focuses on infrastructure, human resources, early diagnosis, referral, treatment, and health promotion for non-communicable diseases, including cervical cancer.
- The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare says these centres provide preventive, promotive, rehabilitative, and curative care within comprehensive primary healthcare.
- The mission aims to create an interoperable online health-data platform and support longitudinal electronic health records for citizens.
What happened
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has stated that it supports States and Union Territories under the National Health Mission through technical and financial assistance for stronger public healthcare and disease prevention. The ministry routes approval through Programme Implementation Plans and Record of Proceedings, subject to norms and available resources.
The release places Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, teleconsultation, free drugs, free diagnostics, ambulance services, mobile medical units, ASHA-based outreach, 24×7 services, first referral facilities, dialysis support, reproductive and child health, Anaemia Mukt Bharat, TB Mukt Bharat, universal immunization, and non-communicable disease care within the same primary healthcare framework.
UPSC can frame questions on how Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, teleconsultation, free diagnostics, non-communicable disease screening, and health insurance together strengthen primary healthcare, and on the implementation gaps in India’s public health system.
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