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Five years of ABDM | NATION

To transform the health
Important features of the sector of the country, we
Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission worked on a national approach, a

1 Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA): A new National Health Policy. From
14-digit number that saves all health records in Swachh Bharat Abhiyan to
digital form. Ayushman Bharat and now
Ayushman Bharat Digital
2 Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR): A Mission, many such
comprehensive database of registered healthcare efforts are part of this.
professionals. - Narendra Modi,

3 Health Facility Registry (HFR): A digital Prime Minister
repository of health facilities across India.

4 Unified Health Interface (UHI): An open network Success story, in numbers
facilitating digital health services. Through this,
hospitals, doctors, and laboratories are all available More Than crore Ayushman
on one platform. Bharat Health
Accounts (ABHA)
5 U-WIN: To further increase efficiency and 79 created.
accountability in vaccination delivery, the
government launched a digital initiative, lakh verified health facilities
the U-WIN platform, under the Universal More Than registered, including hospitals,
Immunization Program (UIP). U-WIN is a digital 4.14 clinics, and diagnostic centers.
platform that streamlines and tracks vaccination
for pregnant women and children (0-16 years). More Than lakh verified health
National Telemedicine 6.65 professionals registered.

Service e-Sanjeevani More Than
Provides free and remote medical consultation. 61 crore health records linked.
Emerging as the world’s largest telemedicine *Note: Figures as of 9 July 2025
platform for primary health care. e-Sanjeevani
has served more than 36 crore patients through This is how an ABHA card is made
teleconsultation since its launch in 2020. • Under n To get an ABHA card made, you have to visit the
e-Sanjeevani, 130 specialty doctors as well as official website of ABHA card https://abha.abdm.
2,32,291 healthcare providers have been added. gov.in/abha/v3/.

n 10.48 crore beneficiaries registered on U-WIN n After this, click on ‘Create ABHA Number’. Then
till May 2025. This includes 93.91 lakh you will get the option of ‘Create your Abha
deliveries, 1.88 crore vaccination sessions, and number from Aadhaar’, or ‘From Driving License’.
41.73 crore vaccine doses. n After you select Aadhaar card or Driving License,

Note: All figures are as of 6 April 2025 you will have to give your details.

Under the scheme, every Indian is given a health anyone can contact a doctor and consult them
ID. This health account contains details of every from home.
investigation, every disease, doctor visits, med- Referring to this policy reform and digital
icines taken, and diagnosis. Even if the patient transformation in the country’s healthcare ser-
shifts to a new place or meets a new doctor, they vices, the World Economic Forum has also de-
only have to tell ABHA (unique number). At the scribed India as a global pioneer in digital health
same time, through telemedicine e-Sanjeevani, in one of its reports. n

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