PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission

2021 OCT 26

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Why in news?

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday launched the PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission on 26th October 2021.

About the Mission:

  • It is the largest pan-India scheme since 2005 for the creation and improvement of long-term public healthcare infrastructure.
  • It is meant to be implemented in each district of the country.
  • The government will spend Rs 64,180 crore on the scheme from the financial year 2021-22 to 2025-26.
  • It is a centrally sponsored scheme with some central sector components.

Aim:

  • The mission seek to address three critical gaps in India’s public health sector:
    • Augmenting health facilities for treatment
    • Setting up of Integrated Public Health labs for diagnosis of disease
    • Expansion of existing research institutions that study pandemics.

Components of the mission:

  • First component: To establish comprehensive surveillance of infectious diseases:
    • At the district level, Integrated Public Health laboratories in all 730 districts will be set up. At the state level, five regional branches and 20 metropolitan units of the National Centre for Disease Control.
    • And at the national level, an Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP) will be established.
  • Second component: Creation of comprehensive diagnostics and treatment facilities:
    • At the district level, 17,788 new rural health and wellness centres will be set up
    • At the state level, 15 health emergency operation centres will be set up
    • At the national level, two container-based mobile hospitals will be set up
  • Third component: Comprehensive pandemic research:
    • At the district level, strengthening of existing 80 viral diagnostics and research labs will be undertaken.
    • At the state level, 15 new bio-safety level III laboratories will be operationalised.
    • At the national level, four new regional national institutes for virology will be operationalized and a regional research platform (digital) for WHO southeast Asia Region will also be set up.

PRACTICE QUESTION:

Which of the following are purposes of ‘PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission’?

1. Comprehensive surveillance of infectious diseases

2. Pandemic research

3. Creation of diagnostics and treatment facilities

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 3 only

(d) 1,2 and 3

Answer