Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission.
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It will seek to address three critical gaps in India’s public health sector: augmenting health facilities for treatment; setting up of Integrated Public Health labs for diagnosis of disease, and expansion of existing research institutions that study pandemics.
It is the largest pan-India scheme since 2005 for the creation and improvement of long-term public healthcare infrastructure. It is meant to be implemented in each district of the country.
The government will spend Rs 64,180 crore on the scheme from the financial year 2021-22 to 2025-26.
The first component is to establish comprehensive surveillance of infectious diseases.
The second component is the creation of comprehensive diagnostics and treatment facilities.
The third component of the mission will be on comprehensive pandemic research.
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