PM-ABHIM

Article Title: PM-ABHIM

16-03-2025

Indian Polity Current Affairs Analysis

Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM).

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).

Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) 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:

iConstruction of 17,788 Building less Sub-Centres as Ayushman Bharat- Health & Wellness centres, now known as Ayushman Arogya Mandir (AAM).

iiEstablishment of 11,024 Health & Wellness Centres, now AAM in Urban areas with a focus on slum and slum-like areas.

iiiEstablishment of 3382 Block Public Health Units (BPHUs) at the block level.

ivEstablishment of 730 District Integrated Public Health Labs (IPHL) in the country, wherein each district will have one such lab.

vEstablishing 602 Critical Care Hospital Blocks (CCBs) in all districts with a population of more than 5 lakhs

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