The Union Cabinet gave its approval to
launch a National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) as a new sub-mission under the
over-arching National Health Mission (NHM). Under the Scheme the following
proposals have been approved :
1. One Urban Primary Health Centre
(U-PHC) for every fifty to sixty thousand population.
2. One Urban Community Health Centre
(U-CHC) for five to six U-PHCs in big cities.
3. One Auxiliary Nursing Midwives
(ANM) for 10,000 population.
4. One Accredited Social Health
Activist ASHA (community link worker) for 200 to 500 households.
The estimated cost of NUHM for 5 years
period is Rs.22,507 crore with the Central Government share of Rs.16,955 crore.
Centre-State funding pattern will be 75:25 except for North Eastern states and
other special category states of Jammu and
Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand for whom the funding pattern
will be 90:10.
The scheme will focus on primary
health care needs of the urban poor. This Mission will be implemented in 779
cities and towns with more than 50,000 population and cover about 7.75 crore
people.
The interventions under the
sub-mission will result in
a. Reduction in Infant Mortality Rate
(IMR)
b. Reduction in Maternal Mortality
Ratio (MMR)
c. Universal access to reproductive
health care
d. Convergence of all health related
interventions.
The existing institutional mechanism
and management systems created and functioning under NRHM will be strengthened
to meet the needs of NUHM. Citywise implementation plans will be prepared based
on baseline survey and felt need. Urban local bodies will be fully involved in
implementation of the scheme.
NUHM aims to improve the health status
of the urban population in general, particularly the poor and other
disadvantaged sections by facilitating equitable access to quality health care,
through a revamped primary public health care system, targeted outreach
services and involvement of the community and urban local bodies.
Background
The Union Cabinet in its meeting held
in April 2012 has already approved the continuation of the National Rural
Health Mission (NRHM) and the other sub-mission under NHM till 31.3.2017.
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