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07/03/23 08:27 AM IST

World Bank commits $1 billion to India for public healthcare infra

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  • The World Bank and India recently signed two complementary loans of USD 500 million each to support and enhance the country's healthcare infrastructure.
  • Through this combined financing of USD 1 billion (about ₹8,200 crore), the bank will support India’s flagship Pradhan Mantri-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM).
Ayushman Bharat Programme
  • Ayushman Bharat, the Government of India’s flagship plan, was launched as proposed by the National Health Policy 2017 to fulfil the objective of Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
  • Ayushman Bharat comprises two inter-related components, which are –
  • Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs): These 1.5 lakh current sub-centres will bring health care closer to people’s homes in the form of Health and Wellness centres. These centres will offer comprehensive health care, including treatments for noncommunicable diseases and mother and child health.
  • Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY): The second component of Ayushman Bharat is PM-JAY, which seeks to provide over 10.74 crore poor and vulnerable families with health insurance coverage of Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization (approximately 50 crore beneficiaries).
PM-ABHIM
  • In the Budget speech of FY 21-22, ‘Prime Minister Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana’ (PMASBY) scheme was renamed as PM – Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM).
  • The measures under the scheme focus on developing capacities of health systems and institutions across the continuum of care at all levels viz. primary, secondary and tertiary and on preparing health systems in responding effectively to the current and future pandemics/disasters.
  • The Mission targets to build an IT enabled disease surveillance system by developing a network of surveillance laboratories at block, district, regional and national levels.
  • It also focuses on strengthening health units at the Points of Entry, for effectively detecting, investigating, preventing, and combating Public Health Emergencies and Disease Outbreaks.
Source- Hindustan Times

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