‘In India, Government is taking initiatives to improve education as well as
health care of people’. Mention the measures taken by the government to
promote education and healthcare facilities in the country.
Answers
Answer:
Public Health is a State subject; hence, the responsibility of providing medical assistance to patients of all income group is of respective State/ UT Governments. However, National Health Mission (NHM) – a flagship programme of the Ministry with its two Sub-Missions, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), supports States /UTs to strengthen their health care systems so as to provide universal access to equitable, affordable and quality health care services.
Explanation:
Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent health
Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakaram (JSSK)
Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram(RKSK)
Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK)
Universal Immunisation Programme
Mission Indradhanush (MI)
Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY)
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)
Navjaat Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (NSSK)
National Programme for Family planning
LaQshya’ programme (Labour Room Quality Improvement Initiative)
National Nutritional Programmes
National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme
MAA (Mothers’ Absolute Affection) Programme for Infant and Young Child Feeding
National Programme for Prevention and Control of Fluorosis (NPPCF)
National Iron Plus Initiative for Anaemia Control
Communicable diseases
Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP)
Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP)
National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP)
National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP)
National AIDS Control Programme (NACP)
Pulse Polio Programme
National Viral Hepatitis Control Program (NVHCP)
National Rabies Control Programme
National Programme on Containment of Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR)
Non-communicable diseases
National Tobacco Control Programme(NTCP)
National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases & Stroke (NPCDCS)
National Programme for Control Treatment of Occupational Diseases
National Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness (NPPCD)
National Mental Health Programme
National Programme for Control of Blindness & Visual Impairment (NPCB&VI)
Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme (PMNDP)
National Programme for the Health Care for the Elderly (NPHCE)
National Programme for Prevention & Management of Burn Injuries (NPPMBI)
National Oral Health programme
Support under NHM to States/UTs includes provision of a host of free services such as maternal health, child health, adolescent health, family planning, universal immunisation programme, and for major diseases such as Tuberculosis, HIV/ AIDS, vector borne diseases like Malaria, Dengue and Kala Azar, Leprosy etc.