Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana

From the Universal Immunisation Programme to the setting up of National tele-mental health centers, here is a look at some of the initiatives undertaken by the government of India to ensure health for

Despite accounting for 46% of hospital empanelments, private hospitals accounted for 54 per cent of 38 million hospital admissions under AB-PMJAY

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will inaugurate "Arogya Manthan 2022" to celebrate four years of the implementation of Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY)

The NHA 2018-19 highlighted that the Centre's expenditure on the National Health Mission was Rs 30,578 crore

Addressing the challenges of the last mile is key to ensuring outcomes

Numbers turning up for other medical treatment touch 1.5 million a month as Covid wanes

Rates for 400 procedures hiked between 20 and 400%, black fungus treatment added

Three years since the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana began, it is yet to meet one of its main objectives

Scheme has on-boarded 1,000 new hospitals in the last one month

Launched in September 2018, PMJAY, the national health protection scheme, offers insurance of up to Rs 5 lakh to 100 million poor households

There is a plan to identify a list of essential medicines, including antibiotics, painkillers, etc, which the company may supply to the Ayushman Bharat-empanelled hospitals.

Ayushman Bharat scheme provides an insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh to 100 million 'poor and vulnerable' families

The scheme is being used for secondary care more than tertiary care

PMJAY has not yet made a dent where it's most needed

The scheme is expected to benefit up to 55 million people, providing them an annual health cover of Rs 500,000 for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation through a network of EHCP

The Prime Minister will launch the scheme on September 23 but effectively it will become operational from September 25 on the birth anniversary of Jan Sangh co-founder Deendayal Upadhyay