Ayushman Sabha will be a village-level campaign led by the village health, sanitation and nutrition committee to ensure the benefits of all the health schemes of the central and state governments reach the intended beneficiaries.
The Centre is all set to extend its flagship programme Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) currently applicable to eligible pregnant women and lactating mothers for the first child in family, to second one only if the child born is a girl.
In his address after the launch of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, PM Modi said when the health infrastructure is integrated and strengthened, it also improves the tourism sector.
As many as 137 private hospitals empanelled under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) in the city have also got the green signal from the health department to run mass vaccination drive against Covid-19 for six days a week from Monday onward.
Some 6.4 lakh appointments could be booked and around 4.3 lakh vaccine doses administered. While the registration process was mostly smooth, the scheduling option was not working in many cases. Though OTP and server-related issues were largely addressed by afternoon, many private facilities were not available on the portal.
Currently India spends around 1.3% of the GDP on public health, which is among the lowest globally. Though the Centre had set a target of spending 2.5% of the GDP on health by 2025 but the year on year increase in the sector has been too low so far.
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