Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission:
The Delhi government is set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to implement the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM).
- It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) with certain Central Sector Components which has total outlay of Rs. 64,180 Crores for the scheme period (2021-22 to 2025-26).
- The scheme envisages a new generation of reforms to integrate and strengthen health service delivery and public health action.
- The measures under the scheme are aimed at strengthening health systems and institutions in order to provide a continuum of care at all levels, namely primary, secondary, and tertiary, as well as preparing health systems to respond effectively to current and future pandemics and disasters.
Components under CS Component of the scheme:
- Construction of 17,788 Building less Sub-Centres as Ayushman Bharat- Health & Wellness centres, now known as Ayushman Arogya Mandir (AAM).
- Establishment of 11,024 Health & Wellness Centres, now AAM in Urban areas with a focus on slum and slum-like areas.
- Establishment of 3382 Block Public Health Units (BPHUs) at the block level.
- Establishment of 730 District Integrated Public Health Labs (IPHL) in the country, wherein each district will have one such lab.
- Establishing 602 Critical Care Hospital Blocks (CCBs) in all districts with a population of more than 5 lakhs.
- The CSS components of PM-ABHIM are implemented by following the existing framework, institutions and mechanisms of the National Health Mission.
- Public Health and Hospital are State subjects, implementation of the scheme lies under the purview of State Government.
- However, MoHFW provides technical and financial support to the States/Union Territories (UTs) for effective implementation of the scheme.
- The scheme is implemented by the State government and awareness generation activities including IEC for the scheme is periodically conducted by the State health department along with other public health programs under the National Health Mission.
