MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

• 21.1. NATIONAL HEALTH MISSION (NHM)
• • Reduction in child and maternal mortality
• • Prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases, including locally endemic diseases.
• • Access to integrated comprehensive primary health care.
• • Population stabilisation, gender and demographic balance.
• • Revitalize local health traditions & mainstream AYUSH.
• • Universal access to public services for food and nutrition, sanitation and hygiene and universal access to public health care services with emphasis on services addressing women’s and children’s health and universal immunisation.
• • Promotion of healthy life styles.
• • It is a major instrument of financing and support to the States to strengthen public health systems and healthcare delivery. This financing to the States is based on the State’s Programme Implementation Plan (PIP).
• • 2 sub schemes under it
• o National Rural Health Mission
• o National Urban Health Mission
• • States that show improved progress made on key Outcomes/Outputs such as IMR, MMR, Immunization, number and proportion of quality certified health facilities etc. will be able to receive additional funds as incentives.
• • It also focuses on Health System Strengthening, Reproductive Maternal-Neonatal-Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCH+A) and Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases.
• National level - Mission Steering Group (MSG) headed by the Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare and an Empowered Programme Committee (EPC) headed by Union Secretary for Health & FW. 
• State level- State Health Mission headed by the Chief Minister of the State 
• District level- inter sectoral District Health Plan prepared by the District Health Mission, 
• Village level - Village Health & Sanitation Samiti (at village level consisting of Panchayat Representative/s, ANM/MPW, Anganwadi worker, teacher, ASHA, community health volunteers 

• 21.2. NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH MISSION
• • To provide accessible, affordable, accountable and effective primary healthcare facilities, especially to the poor and vulnerable sections of the population.
• • Establishing a fully functional, community owned, decentralized health delivery system with inter-sectoral convergence at all levels,
• • Ensures simultaneous action on a wide range of determinants of health such as water, sanitation, education, nutrition, social and gender equality.
• Initiatives under NRHM:
• • Accredited social health activists (ASHA)
• • Janani Suraksha Yojana
• • National Mobile medical units
• • Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK)
• • Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK)
• • Mother and child health wings (MCH wings)
• • RMNCH+A: Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health.
• • Free drugs and free diagnostic service
• • District hospital and knowledge center (DHKC)
• • Mainstreaming AYUSH: revitalizing local health traditions.
• Cities and towns with population below 50,000 will continue to be covered under NRHM.
• 21.3. NATIONAL URBAN HEALTH MISSION
• • To meet health care needs of the urban population with the focus on urban poor, slum dwellers, by making available to them essential primary health care services
• • Reducing their out of pocket expenses for treatment
• • It would cover all State capitals, district headquarters and cities/towns with a population of more than 50000.
• • Need based city specific urban health care system.
• • Partnership with community and local bodies and NGOs.
• • District health action plan.
• • Funding pattern will be 75:25 for all the states and 90:10 for Special Category s States.
• • Under the Programme the support is being provided by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) based on progress related to certain indicators.
• • For Service Delivery Infrastructure it provides- Urban–Primary Health Centre, Urban-Community Health Centre (U-CHC) and Referral Hospitals and Outreach services.
• • For Community Process it includes Mahila Arogya Samiti and ASHA/Link Worker.
•  21.4. RASHTRIYA KISHOR SWASTHYA KARYAKRAM
• To cater and address health and development needs of the country’s adolescents (10-19 years).
• • Students are screened in schools and then referred to health facilities for early detection of diseases, particularly the non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
• • Six thematic areas of RKSK namely- nutrition, sexual reproductive health, substance misuse, non - communicable diseases, mental health, injuries and violence.
• • It introduces community-based interventions through peer educators (Saathiyas).
• • Saathiya resource kit: to help peer educators, especially in villages, discuss sensitive issues and answer teenage queries in their community in an informed manner.
• • To guide the implementation of this programme, MOHFW in collaboration with UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has developed a National Adolescent Health Strategy.
• Menstrual Hygiene Scheme (MHS)
• • Being implemented by Health Ministry as part of Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram.
• • It provides subsidized sanitary napkins among adolescent girls residing primarily in rural areas.
• • Aim: to reach 15 million girls aged 10 to 19 and in 152 districts across 20 states. 
• 21.5. RASHTRIYA BAL SWASTHYA KARYAKRAM (RBSK)
• • It aims at early identification and early intervention for children to cover 4 ‘D’s viz. Defects at birth, Deficiencies, Diseases, Development delays including disability.
• • Zero cost treatment and medical support
• The services aim to cover all children of 0-6 years of age group in rural areas and urban slums, in addition to older children up to 18 years of age enrolled in classes 1st to 12th in Government and Government-aided schools.
• • Part of (child health screening and early intervention services under NRHM) -- reproductive and child health initiatives
• • Children diagnosed with illnesses shall receive follow up including surgeries at tertiary level, free-of-cost under NRHM.
• • Child Health Screening and Early Intervention Services under RBSK envisages to cover 30 selected health conditions for Screening, early detection and free management.
• • Child screening under RBSK is at two levels community level and facility level. 
• 21.6. JANANI SURAKSHA YOJANA
• Reducing maternal and infant mortality by promoting institutional delivery among pregnant women.
• • Pregnant woman
• • New born babies (neonates)
• • It is under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and is a centrally sponsored scheme
• • Eligible pregnant women are entitled for cash assistance irrespective of the age of mother and number of children for giving birth in a government or accredited private health facility.
• • BPL pregnant women, who prefer to deliver at home, are entitled to a cash assistance of Rs. 500 per delivery regardless of the age of pregnant women and number of children.
• • Focuses on poor pregnant woman in all states with a special dispensation for low performing states.
• • Performance based incentives to women health volunteers known as ASHA (accredited social health activist) for promoting institutional delivery among pregnant women.
• • A small cash assistance is also given for home deliveries. 
• 21.7. JANANI SHISHU SURAKSHA KARYAKRAM
• • To mitigate the problem of out of pocket expenses which prevents institutional attendance of pregnant women.
• • To provide better health facilities for pregnant women and sick neonates.
• Pregnant women who access Government health facilities for their delivery.
• • Zero expense deliveries: pregnant women are entitled for free drugs and consumables, free diagnostics, free blood whenever required, and free diet up to 3 days for normal delivery and 7 days for c-section in public institutions (entitlement based approach). Similar entitlements are there for all sick newborns and infants.
• • Free transport from home to institution.
• • It supplements the cash assistance given to a pregnant woman under Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY). It has no component for cash assistance within itself. 
• 21.8. PRADHAN MANTRI SURAKSHIT MATRITVA ABHIYAAN
• Reduce maternal and infant mortality rates through safe pregnancies and safe deliveries
• All Pregnant Women who are in the 2nd & 3rd Trimesters of pregnancy.
• • To provide fixed-day assured, comprehensive and quality antenatal care universally to all pregnant women on the 9th of every month free of cost.
• • One of the critical components of the Abhiyan is identification and follow-up of high risk pregnancies.
• • Private sector doctors would support the initiatives of government.
• • This scheme is available for both rural and urban areas. 
• 21.9. LAQSHYA- LABOUR ROOM QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE
• • To improve quality of care in labour room and maternity Operation Theatre (OT).
• • Reduce preventable maternal and newborn mortality, morbidity and stillbirths associated with the care around delivery in Labour room and Maternity OT and ensure respectful maternity care.
• • This initiative will be implemented in Government Medical Colleges (MCs) besides District Hospitals (DHs), and high delivery load Sub- District Hospitals (SDHs) and Community Health Centres (CHCs).
• • The initiative plans to conduct quality certification of labour rooms and also incentivize facilities achieving the targets outlined. 
• 21.10. SURAKSHIT MATRITVA AASHWASAN (SUMAN) INITIATIVE
• • Assuring dignified, respectful and quality health care at no cost
• • Zero tolerance for denial of services for every woman and newborn visiting the public health facility
• • Zero Preventable Maternal and Newborn Deaths
• • Provide a positive birth experience to both mother and infant.
• • Pregnant women, mothers up to 6 months after delivery, and all sick newborns will be able to avail free healthcare benefits which include:
• o At least four antenatal check-ups
• o One checkup during the 1st trimester
• o At least one checkup under Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan
• o Iron Folic Acid supplementation
• o Tetanus Diptheria injection and
• o other components of comprehensive ANC package and six home-based newborn care visits
• • There will be zero expense access to the identification and management of complications during and after the pregnancy.
• • The government will also provide free transport from home to health institutions.
• • There will be assured referral services with the scope of reaching health facility within one hour of any critical case emergency and Drop back from institution to home after due discharge (minimum 48 hrs).
• • Under the scheme, the pregnant women will have a zero-expense delivery and C-section facility in case of complications at public health facilities
• • Along with initiative, its website and the grievance redressal portal were also launched.
• 21.11. MOTHER’S ABSOLUTE AFFECTION (MAA)
• It is a nation-wide programme to promote breastfeeding and counselling related to it to prevent malnutrition at early stages.
• • Community awareness generation
• • Strengthening inter personal communication through ASHA.
• • Skilled support for breastfeeding at delivery points in public health facilities.
• • Monitoring and award/recognition for various lactating mothers. 
• 21.12. UMBRELLA SCHEME FOR FAMILY WELFARE AND OTHER HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
• • To move from care for sickness to the concept of wellness
• • To improve the Modern Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (mCPR)
• • Help Family Planning and reach population stabilization
• • Enable better child and mother health
• Components of Social Marketing of Contraceptives, Free Supply of Contraceptives are specifically targeted towards low income group people. However, the overall scheme is not restricted to any particular group or category and has a mandate to cover the population throughout India.
• • It is a Central Sector scheme and all its components are also 100% funded by the Centre.
• • Sub schemes:
• o Swastha Nagrik Abhiyan (SNA): aims to create a social movement for health, create awareness and to encourage healthy lifestyles. It is based on 7 core areas like Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, balanced/healthy diet, addressing any kind of substance abuse, Yatri suraksha (preventing traffic related deaths), Nirbhaya Nari (against gender violence), safety at workplace and reducing indoor and outdoor pollution.
• o Population Research Centres (PRC): MoHFW has established a network of PRCs with the mandate to provide research-based inputs related to the Health and Family Welfare Programs and Policies at the national and state levels
• o Health Surveys and Health Research (HSHR): For sourcing of data on population, health and nutrition for India and its States including through periodically conducted National Family Health Survey. The NFHS provides valuable data for policy and programmes right up to the district level.
• o Social Marketing of Contraceptives: For branding, attractive packaging, marketing and selling of products and services related to Family Planning for low-income groups at affordable prices.
• o Free Supply of Contraceptives: For providing a free supply of contraceptives including condoms, Oral Contraceptive Pills, Pregnancy Test Kits, other contraceptives, etc. to States. 
• 21.13. MISSION PARIVAR VIKAS
• • To accelerate access to high quality family planning choices based on information, reliable service and supplies within a right based framework.
• • To reach the replacement level fertility goals of 2.1 by 2025.
• • Focus on improving access to contraceptives through delivering assured services, dovetailing with new promotional schemes, ensuring commodity security, building capacity (service providers), creating an enabling environment along with close monitoring and implementation.
• • It will also distribute a kit (Nayi Pahal) containing products of family planning and personal hygiene among newly-wed couples.
• • It will increase sterilization services, roll out injectable contraceptive at subcentre level and generate awareness about condoms and pills.
• • Focus will be on 146 high fertiliy districts in seven high Total Fertility Rate (TFR) states (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Assam) having TFR of 3 and above
• 21.14. UNIVERSAL IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMME
• • Provide free of cost vaccines to all children across the country to protect them against 12 Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPDs).
• • Rapidly increase immunization coverage
• • Establish a reliable cold chain system to the health facility level
• • Achieve self-sufficiency in vaccine production
• • Strengthen and maintain robust surveillance system for Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPDs) and Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI);
• • Introduce and expand the use of new and underutilized vaccines and technology in UIP.
• 100 Percent Funded by the central government.
• Under UIP, Government of India is providing vaccination free of cost against 12 vaccine preventable diseases i.e.
• • Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio
• • Measles (measles-rubella (MR) vaccine – single vaccine for dual protection against measles and rubella)
• • severe form of Childhood Tuberculosis,
• • Hepatitis B.
• • Meningitis & Pneumonia caused by Hemophilus Influenza type B across the country
• • Rotavirus vaccine (RVV) to prevent Rotavirus diarrhoea (it was expanded recently covering the entire nation)
• • For two diseases Japanese Encephalitis and Pneumococcal Pneumonia, vaccines are available only in selected states. Pneumococcal Conjugate vaccine is in the process of expansion while JE vaccine is provided only in the endemic districts. 
• 21.15. MISSION INDRADHANUSH
• • To ensure full immunization to more than 90%.
• o A child is said to be fully immunized if child receives all due vaccine as per national immunization schedule within 1st year age of child.
• • The ultimate goal is to ensure full immunization with all available vaccines for children up to two years and pregnant women.
• • Focus is given on pockets of low immunization coverage and hard to reach areas where the proportion of unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children is highest.
• • Pregnant women who have been left uncovered under the routine immunisation programme.
• • All vaccines are available free of cost as under Universal Immunization Programme. It was launched in 2014 to strengthen and re-energize the programme and achieve full immunization coverage for all children and pregnant women at a rapid pace
• • The Government identified 201 high focus districts across 28 states in the country that have the highest number of partially immunized and unimmunized children.
• • A total of six phases of Mission Indradhanush have been completed covering 554 districts across the country.
• • Technical support to be given by WHO, UNICEF, Rotary International etc.
• • “Catch-up” campaign mode aims to cover all the children who have been left out or missed out for immunization.
• Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0
• • Recently, IMI 2.0 was started for a special focus on improving coverage in areas with "low" immunisation.
• • IMI 2.0 aims to achieve targets of full immunization coverage in 272 districts in 27 States and shall be implemented in the block level (652 blocks) in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Enhanced focus on left outs, dropouts, and resistant families and hard to reach areas will be there.
• • It will focus on urban, underserved population and tribal areas
• • It consists of 4 rounds of immunization that will be conducted in the selected districts and urban cities between Dec 2019 - March 2020.
• IMI was one of 12 best practices from around the world to be featured in British Medical Journal.
•  21.16. EVIN (ELECTRONIC VACCINE INTELLIGENCE NETWORK)
• To address widespread inequities in vaccine coverage by supporting state governments in overcoming constraints of
• • infrastructure,
• • monitoring and
• • human resources
• • It aims to support the Government of India’s Universal Immunization Programme.
• • It is an indigenously developed technology system in India that provides real-time information on vaccine stocks and flows, and storage temperatures across all cold chain points; right down to vaccine storage points in state, district and health centres, using mobile and web-based dashboards.
• • eVIN system has been completed in 12 states in the first phase. Second phase is ongoing in 9 states. eVIN is to be scaled up to entire country. 
• 21.17. NATIONAL DEWORMING INITIATIVE (NATIONAL DEWORMING DAY)
• To reduce the prevalence of Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) or parasitic intestinal worms so that they are no longer a public health problem
• All pre-school and school-age children (enrolled and non-enrolled) between the ages of 1-19 years
• • Implemented through combined efforts of Department of School Education and Literacy under Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
• • It will be implemented through the schools and Aanganwadi centres.
• • It will create mass awareness about the most effective and low-cost STH treatment administering Albendazole tablets.
• • Behavior change practices in terms of cleanliness, hygiene, use of toilets, wearing shoes/chappals, washing hands
• • National Centre for Diseases Control is the nodal agency to conduct STH mapping
• • It is a single fixed-day approach to treating intestinal worm infections in all children aged 1- 19 years observed every year on February 10 and August 10. 
• 21.18. AYUSHMAN BHARAT - PRADHAN MANTRI JAN AROGYA YOJANA (AB-PMJAY)
• To provide medical cover up to Rs5 lakh per year per household for secondary and tertiary health care. National Health Authority (NHA)- It will be set up to manage NHPS.
• • It is a health insurance scheme for BPL families and workers in the unorganized sector.
• • Beneficiaries to be identified on the basis of SECC-2011
• • It subsumes the centrally sponsored schemes - Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) and the Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme (SCHIS).
• • Using JAM: It would be a cashless and Aadhaar enabled for better targeting of beneficiary
• • It will be portable across the country and a beneficiary covered under the scheme will be allowed to take cashless benefits from any public/private empanelled hospitals across the country.
• • The scheme is creating a cadre of certified frontline health service professionals called Pradhan Mantri Aarogya Mitras (PMAMs) who will be primary point of facilitation for the beneficiaries to avail treatment at the hospital and thus, act as a support system to streamline health service delivery.
• • Along with NHPS Ayushman Bharat programme has another component viz, Health and Wellness Centre.
• • Health and Wellness Centre were envisioned under National Health Policy, 2017. Under this 1.5 lakh centres will bring health care system closer to the homes of people. These centres will provide comprehensive health care, including for non-communicable diseases and maternal and child health services.
• • National Health Protection Scheme (Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana): covers over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families (approximately 50 crore beneficiaries selected on the basis of SECC data) providing coverage upto 5 lakh rupees per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization.
• • National Health Authority (NHA)- set up to manage NHPS.
• • National portability: beneficiaries will be able to move across state borders and access services across the country through the provider network seamlessly
• • The States will have the option of implementing this scheme through a Trust model or Insurance Company based model, though the Trust model will be preferred. So far 33 states and UTs are implementing the scheme.
• • School Health Ambassador Initiative was recently launched under it. In this, two teachers in every school are to be made as Health and Wellness ambassador to foster the growth, development and educational achievement of school going children by promoting their health and well-being
• 21.19. RASHTRIYA AROGYA NIDHI (RAN)
• To provide for financial assistance to patients.
• Patients, living below poverty line who are suffering from major life-threatening diseases.
• Not included: Government servants and their families and Families covered under Ayushman Bharat scheme
• • RAN has been registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860.
• • Financial Assistance is given as a ‘one-time grant’.
• • Assistance in RAN is not directly provided to the Patient but is given to the Superintendent of the hospital in which treatment is being taken. Assistance admissible for treatment in Government Hospital only.
• • It is operationalized through 4 windows – revolving fund, direct financial assistance, State Illness Assistance Fund and Health Minister’s Cancer Patient Fund.
• • Scheme for financial assistance for patients suffering from specified rare diseases has also been included under RAN. 
• 21.20. INTEGRATED DISEASES SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM (IDSP)
• The key objective is to strengthen/maintain decentralized laboratory based IT enabled disease surveillance system for epidemic prone diseases to monitor disease trends and to detect and respond to outbreaks in early rising phase through trained Rapid Response Team (RRTs).
• • It seeks to set up a Central Disease Surveillance Unit and a State Surveillance Unit in each State where data is collected and analyzed
• • An early warning system has been put into place in order to take timely preventive steps.
• • Under IDSP data is collected on epidemic prone diseases on weekly basis.
• • Whenever there is a rising trend of illnesses in any area, it is investigated by the Rapid Response Teams (RRT) to diagnose and control the outbreak.
• • The program covers both communicable as well as non-communicable diseases and there is focus on inter sectoral co-ordination for zoonotic diseases.
• • IDSP as a segment of IHIP (Integrated Health Information Platform) intends to receive person-level data from health facilities across all States and Union Territories on all health events. 
• 21.21. INTENSIFIED DIARRHEA CONTROL FORTNIGHT (IDCF)
• To ensure high coverage of ORS and Zinc use rates in children with diarrhea throughout the country along with inculcating appropriate behaviour in care givers for diarrhea prevention & management of under-five children, with emphasis on the high priority areas and vulnerable communities.
• • All under-five children including their care-givers/mothers for community mobilization
• • Under 5 years children suffering from diarrhoea
• • It involves three action framework-
• o Mobilize: health personnel, State Governments and other stakeholders (NGOs).
• o Prioritize investment: Government and International organisation.
• o Create mass awareness: ORS and Zinc therapy demonstration will be conducted at state, district and village levels.
• • The IDCF strategy is three folds: 1) Improved availability and use of ORS and Zinc at Households 2) Facility level strengthening to manage cases of dehydration 3) Enhanced advocacy and communication on prevention and control of diarrhea through IEC campaign 
• 21.22. NATIONAL VIRAL HEPATITIS CONTROL PROGRAM
• To reduce morbidity and mortality due to viral hepatitis.
• • Establish National program management unit at the Centre which will act as the hepatitis cell within the National Health Mission.
• • Establish State program management unit which will also be the state coordination unit in the first year and will act as the hepatitis cell within existing state health governance structure i.e. state health society.
• • Upgrade and strengthen the existing laboratories in the state to perform the requisite diagnostic functions for testing of viral hepatitis. Free drugs and diagnosis for Hepatitis B and C will be provided under the programme.
• • Establish 665 testing centres in the public sector that can offer access to quality assured testing and diagnosis of hepatitis over 3 years.
• • Establish at least 100 treatment sites in the public sector that can offer access to quality assured management of Viral Hepatitis with focus on treatment of Hepatitis C over 3 years. It aims to treat a minimum of 3 lakh hepatitis C cases over a period of three years. 
• 21.23. IT INITIATIVES IN HEALTH
• ANM Online application-ANMOL
• It is a tablet-based application allowing ANMs to update data on the beneficiaries under their jurisdiction. This will be Aadhar enabled.
• Kilkari
• It aims to give free, weekly, time-appropriate 72 audio messages about pregnancy, child birth and child care directly to families’ mobile phones from the second trimester of pregnancy until the child is one year old.
• E-RaktKosh initiative
• It is an integrated Blood Bank Management Information System which interconnects all the Blood Banks of the State into a single network. 
• 21.24. OTHER SCHEMES
• National Program for Control of Blindness & Visual Impairment (NPCB&VI)
• • It was launched in 1976 as a 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme (now 60:40 in all states and 90:10 in NE States) to reduce the prevalence of blindness from 1.4% to 0.3%.
• • It has now been made part of Non Communicable Diseases under the umbrella of National Health Mission.
• • The current goal of NPCB is to reduce the prevalence of blindness to 0.3% by the year 2020.
• • In 2017, the definition of blindness has been changed in consonance with the definition of blindness used by WHO for global comparison.
• 'Project Sunrise'
• • It's an AIDS prevention special programme for the North-East being implemented in 20 districts of the eight states with an aim to diagnose 90% of drug addicts with HIV and put them under treatment by 2020
• • It’s steered by National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), funded under the Centre for Disease Control and will be implemented in coordination with state AIDS control organisations and non-government organisations (NGOs).
• National AIDS Control Programme-IV (NACP-IV)
• • It aims to accelerate the process of reversal and further strengthen the epidemic response in India through a cautious and well-defined integration process over the next five years.
• • Its Objectives were:
• o Reduce new infections by 50% (2007 Baseline of NACP III)
• o Provide comprehensive care and support to all persons living with HIV/AIDS and treatment services for all those who require it.
• • It was aimed at zero infection, zero stigma and zero death.
• Recently Cabinet approved continuation of NACP-IV beyond 12th Five Year Plan for a period of three years from 2017 to 2020.
• Mission SAMPARK
• • Aim is to trace those who are Left to Follow Up and are to be brought under Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) services. “Community Based Testing” will be taken up for fast-tracking the identification of all who are HIV positive.
• Target 90-90-90 Treatment for All- It is a strategy of UNAIDS
• • By 2020, 90% of all the people living with HIV will know their HIV Status
• • By 2020, 90% of all the people with diagnosed HIV infection will receive sustained antiretroviral therapy.
• • By 2020, 90% of all the people receiving antiretroviral therapy will have viral suppression.
• Affordable Medicines And Reliable Implants For Treatment (AMRIT) Program
• • The AMRIT pharmacies provide drugs for cancer and cardiovascular diseases along with cardiac implants at a 60 to 90 per cent discount on prevailing market rates.The project has been floated in a tie-up with government-owned HLL Lifecare Ltd (HLL) which is deputed to establish and run the AMRIT chain of pharmacies across the country. It helps in bringing specialist care and knowledge to areas where there is none.
• Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana
• • It would correct regional imbalances in affordable healthcare and to augment facilities for quality medical education in the under-served States by establishing AIIMS in various regions of India and upgrade government medical colleges.
• National Health Profile- 2018
• • Objective of this annual publication is to create a database of health information of India which is comprehensive, up-to-date and easily accessible to all stakeholders in the healthcare sector.
• • National Health Profile covers- Demographic information, Socio-economic information, Health status, Health finance indicators, Comprehensive information on health infrastructure and human resources in health.
• • It is prepared by Central Bureau of Health Intelligence.
• National Health Resource Repository (NHRR)
• • It is the first ever registry in India of authentic, standardised and updated geospatial data of all public and private healthcare resources which inter-alia includes, hospitals, diagnostic labs, doctors and pharmacies, etc.
• • NHRR is conceptualised by CBHI. ISRO is the project technology partner for providing data security.
• • Under the Collection of Statistics Act 2008, healthcare establishments such as hospitals, doctors, clinics, diagnostic labs, pharmacies and nursing homes would be enumerated under this census.
• Nikshay Poshan Yojana (NKY)
• • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India announced the scheme for incentives for nutritional support to TB patients.
• • All TB patients notified on or after 1st April 2018 including all existing TB patients under treatment are eligible to receive incentives. The patient must be registered\notified on the NIKSHAY portal.
• • Financial incentive of Rs.500/- per month in cash or Kind for each notified TB patient for duration for which the patient is on anti-TB treatment is given through DBT in Aadhar-enabled bank account of beneficiary.
• • Its implementation is done under the National Health Mission.
• Food Safety Mitra (FSM) scheme
• • FSM scheme will support small and medium scale food businesses to comply with food safety laws and facilitate licensing and registration, hygiene ratings and training.
• • It would also create new employment opportunities for youth and FSMs would undergo training and certification by FSSAI to do their work and get paid by food businesses for their services.
• Dakshata Programme
• • It aims to improve the availability of essential supplies and strengthen the competency of providers of the labour room, including medical officers, staff nurses, and ANMs.
• • It involves clinical update cum skills standardization training for the providers of the labour rooms, post training follow-up and mentoring support, improving accountability of service providers and implementation of the MNH (Maternal and New-born health) Tool kit at the delivery points.
• National Data Quality Forum (NDQF)
• • It was launched by The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)’s National Institute for Medical Statistics (ICMR - NIMS), in partnership with Population Council.
• • Aim is to improve quality of health and demographic data in India
• • It will bring all relevant stakeholders, subject matter experts, industry leaders, decision makers, and data scientists/analysts on a common platform for discussing improvements in the quality of data ecosystem in India.
• • NDQF will integrate learnings from scientific and evidence-based initiatives and will gear towards establishing protocols and good practices when dealing with data collection, storage, use and dissemination that can be applied to health and demographic data, as well as replicated across industries and sectors.