What is mean by Universal Health Coverage? Explain the measures taken by the Indian Government to attain the goals of Universal health coverage. (200 Words)
Refer - The Hindu
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IAS Parliament 6 years
KEY POINTS
Universal Health Coverage is to ensure that all people obtain the health services they need without suffering financial hardship when paying for them; access to essential medicines and technologies; and a sufficient capacity of well-trained, motivated health workers.
Measures by the Indian Government for providing UHC
· Ayushmann Bharat which envisions health assurance of 5 lakh rupees per family per year, will benefit over 50 crore people, and is the world's biggest health assurance scheme; it would cover 1300 illnesses, including serious illnesses such as cancer and heart disease; private hospitals too would be part of this scheme. The amount of 5 lakhs would cover all investigations, medicine, pre-hospitalization expenses etc, it would also cover pre-existing illnesses.
· Under the National Health Mission (NHM), support is being provided to States/UTs to strengthen their healthcare delivery system including for the provision of free/affordable healthcare, free drugs and diagnostics to all those who access public health facilities.
· With the aim to reduce the expenditure incurred by patients on the treatment of cancer and heart diseases, the government inaugurated the Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment (AMRIT) outlets, the retail outlet will sell drugs for the two ailments at highly discounted rates.
· Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), cashless benefit uptoRs. 30,000 per annum per family of five for specified hospitalization procedures are available to all BPL population and eleven other categories of vulnerable population groups.
· National Nutrition Mission, a joint effort towards a lifecycle approach for interrupting the intergenerational cycle of undernutrition.
· Labour room quality improvement initiative - LaQshya
to improve the quality of care that is being provided to the pregnant mother in the Labour Room and Maternity Operation Theatres, thereby preventing the undesirable adverse outcomes associated with childbirth.
· Mission Indradhanush, targeted programme to immunize children who have either not received vaccines or are partially vaccinated.
Tapasvi 6 years
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IAS Parliament 6 years
Try including RSBY, National health mission. Keep Writing.
