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India, ADB sign $300 million loan to improve primary health care
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SME Times News Bureau | 24 Nov, 2021
India and the Asian Development Bank have signed a $300 million loan to
strengthen and improve access to comprehensive primary health care in
urban areas of 13 states that will benefit over 256 million urban
dwellers including 51 million from slum areas.
Interventions
through the programme will promote increased utilisation of urban HWCs
with provision of comprehensive primary health care packages including
non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and community outreach services such as
awareness raising activities on health care options, particularly for
women. The delivery and health information systems for primary health
care will be upgraded through digital tools, quality assurance
mechanisms, engagement and partnership with the private sector.
"Ensuring
equitable access to non-Covid-19 primary health care is critical amid
challenges posed by the pandemic to India's health system," said Takeo
Konishi, Country Director of ADB's India Resident Mission. He said that
the programme complements the government's efforts to bridge the health
care gaps by strengthening institutional capacity, operation, and
management of urban health and wellness centres at the central, state,
and municipal levels.
Additional Secretary, Department of
Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Finance, Rajat Kumar Mishra signed
the agreement from India's side for strengthening comprehensive primary
healthcare and pandemic preparedness in urban areas programme, while
Takeo Konishi signed for ADB.
Rajat Mishra said that the
programme supports India's key health initiatives -- Ayushman Bharat
Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWC) and Pradhan Mantri Atmanirbhar
Swasth Bharat Yojana (PM-ASBY), which has been renamed as Pradhan Mantri
Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) -- by
expanding availability and access to quality primary health care
services particularly for vulnerable populations in urban areas.
The
programme will be implemented in urban areas across Andhra Pradesh,
Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and West Bengal.
It
is supported by a $2 million technical assistance grant from ADB's
Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction to provide support for programme
implementation and coordination, capacity building, innovation,
knowledge sharing and application of scalable best practices across the
healthcare system.
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