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• The Union government has signed loan agreements with international agencies to borrow Rs 13,879 crore to strengthen health infrastructure in India.
• The Ministry of State for Health stated that loan agreements had been signed with;
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB) ($300 million or Rs 2,474 crore).
  • Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) (50 billion Japanese Yen or Rs 3,162 crore)
  • World Bank ($1 billion or Rs 8,243 crores)
• The loans have been taken to strengthen the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Infrastructure Mission (PM­ABHIM).
  • The PM­ABHIM was launched to fill gaps in health infrastructure, especially in critical and primary care facilities.

PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission:

• It is one of the largest health schemes for strengthening healthcare infrastructure across India.
• In the Budget 2021-22, the PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission has been announced with an outlay of Rs 64,180 crore.
• It was launched in October 2021 to achieve the vision of providing comprehensive healthcare services across the country.

The objectives of the Mission:

• To fill the essential gaps in the public healthcare infrastructure, especially in critical care facilities and primary care in both urban and rural areas.
• To strengthen Public health institutions at the grassroots level to deliver universal comprehensive primary health care and critical care services for diagnostics and treatment.
• To expand and build an IT-enabled disease surveillance system for effectively detecting, investigating, preventing and combating Public Health Emergencies and Disease Outbreaks by developing a network of surveillance laboratories at block, district, regional and national levels, Points of Entry in Metropolitan areas.
• To expand research on infectious diseases (including COVID-19) and to deliver the One Health Approach to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks in animals and humans.

Components of the Mission:

• The PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission consists of Centrally Sponsored Scheme Components and some Central Sector Components.
• Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) Components of the Mission for 5 years (2021-22 to 2025-26);
  • Ayushman Bharat - Health & Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) in rural areas to support infrastructure development for nearly 18,000 Sub-Health Centres in 7 High Focus States (Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal) and 3 North Eastern States (Assam, Manipur and Meghalaya).
  • Ayushman Bharat - Health & Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) in Urban areas to support infrastructure development for nearly 11,000 Urban Health & Wellness Centres across the country.
  • Block Public Health Units to Support infrastructure development for nearly 3500 blocks in 11 High Focus States/ UTs (Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand).
  • Integrated District Public Health Laboratories in all districts.
  • Critical Care Hospital Blocks in all districts with a population of more than 5 lakhs.
• Central Sector (CS) Components:
  • Critical Care Hospital Blocks in 12 Central Institutions.
  • Strengthening Surveillance of Infectious Diseases and Outbreak Response in all states.
  • Strengthening Surveillance Capacities at Points of Entry.
  • Strengthening Disaster and Epidemic Preparedness.
  • Bio-security Preparedness and Strengthening Pandemic Research, National Institutions and Platforms for One Health.

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