PM Aatma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana

  • 03 Feb 2021

  • PM Aatma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana, will be launched with an outlay of about Rs 64,180 crore over 6 years.
  • This will develop capacities of primary, secondary, and tertiary care Health Systems, strengthen existing national institutions, and create new institutions, to cater to detection and cure of new and emerging diseases.
  • This will be in addition to the National Health Mission.

Highlights

  • Setting up integrated public health labs in all districts and 3382 block public health units in 11 states.
  • Establishing critical care hospital blocks in 602 districts and 12 central institutions.
  • Strengthening of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), its 5 regional branches and 20 metropolitan health surveillance units.
  • Expansion of the Integrated Health Information Portal to all States/UTs to connect all public health labs.
  • Operationalisation of 17 new Public Health Units and strengthening of 33 existing Public Health Units at Points of Entry, that is at 32 Airports, 11 Seaports and 7 land crossings.
  • Setting up of a national institution for One Health, a Regional Research Platform for WHO South East Asia Region, 9 Bio-Safety Level III laboratories and 4 regional National Institutes for Virology.
  • Setting up of 15 Health Emergency Operation Centers and 2 mobile hospitals.