PM Atma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana will be launched with an outlay of about Rs 64, 180 crores 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 the detection and cure of new and emerging diseases. Also Read: Weekly Current Affairs Notes
This will be in addition to the National Health Mission. The main interventions under the scheme are:
Support for 17,788 rural and 11,024 urban Health and Wellness Centers;
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;
Operationalization 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 15 Health Emergency Operation Centers and 2 mobile hospitals; and
Setting up of a national institution for One Health, a Regional Research Platform for WHO southeast Asia Region, 9 Biosafety Level III laboratories, and 4 regional National Institutes for Virology.
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