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  • Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres

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    Discuss what is the concept of AB-HWC.
    Discuss how it fits into the organizational structure of the health system
    Discuss how NTEP services fit into the AB-HWC.

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Ayushman Bharat (AB) is an attempt to move from a selective approach to health care to deliver comprehensive range of services spanning from preventive, promotive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative care. AB-HWCs are envisaged to deliver expanded range services that go beyond maternal and child health care services to include care for non-communicable diseases, palliative and rehabilitative care, oral, eye and ear nose and throat care, mental health and first level care for emergencies and trauma, including free essential drugs and diagnostic services.

It has two components which are complementary to each other.

  1. Under its first component, 1,50,000 Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) will be created to deliver Comprehensive Primary Health Care, which is universal and free to users, with a focus on wellness and the delivery of an expanded range of services closer to the community.
  2. The second component is the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) which provides health insurance cover of Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year to over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families for seeking secondary and tertiary care.

On 14th April 2018, the Honorable Prime Minister of India launched the first Health and Wellness Centre at Jangla, Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. Health Sub-Center (HSC), PHC (Primary Health Center) and Urban PHCs are currently being upgraded to reach a goal of 1.5 lakhs AB-HWC by 2022.

The National TB Elimination Program (NTEP) has also integrated TB services as part of the health and wellness center service delivery package.

 

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