70,000 Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) to be ready by March 31
The Union Health Ministry said, India has marked a key milestone in universalising primary health care with the target of operationalising 70,000 Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) by March 31 being released ahead of time.
According to the ministry, till date, about 41.35 crore people have accessed care in these AB-HWCs and about 54 per cent of them are women.
The feat of scaling up primary health care facilities at this pace despite the COVID-19 pandemic was enabled by a high degree of coordination between the Centre and states and union territories, foresight in planning, flexibility in adaptation, standardization of processes, and regular interactions at all levels for monitoring and prompt redressal of issues. This is testimony to the process of effective decentralisation and cooperative federalism.
By December 2022, as many as 1,50,000 sub-health centres and primary health centres in urban and rural areas were targeted to be transformed to AB-HWCs and deliver comprehensive primary health care that includes preventive and health promotion at the community level with continuum of care which is free and close to community in rural and urban areas.
Besides expanding and strengthening the existing reproductive and child health services and communicable diseases services, the functional AB-HWCs provide services related to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and is gradually adding other primary health care services for mental health, ENT, ophthalmology, oral health, geriatric and palliative health care and trauma care, etc.
Preventive health care is the essential component of the services delivered through HWCs. The identified individuals with the chronic conditions are put on treatment with necessary follow-up.
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