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Robust Health Infrastructure Nation

THREE COMPONENTS OF THE MISSION TO BRIDGE THE GAP

1 treatment of diseases 2 A robust testing 3 Expansion and

Building facilities
for diagnosis and
network for
strengthening of epidemic-
disease diagnosis
related research institutes

Health and wellness centres are being
established in villages and cities to
provide services such as disease
identification, examination, advice, A network of health laboratories The country’s Viral Research
and free medicines. The chances of will develop multiple levels of and Diagnostic Labs (VRDL) are
the disease progressing to a serious laboratories to test for and being upgraded. In epidemics, a
stage are reduced. The states intend monitor diseases. This includes biosafe level-3 lab is required. Such
to establish district-level critical care regional and national-level laboratories' research networks will be
centres, critical illness referral facilities, laboratories. strengthened not only at the regional
and 24-hour emergency operations and national levels, but also at the
centres.
international level.

THIS IS HOW SELF-RELIANCE IN DISEASE n Development of critical care hospitals in 602 districts
with a population of more than 5 lakhs
PREVENTION AND DETECTION WILL GROW n 730 district-integrated public health laboratories and
3382 block public health units will be established.
Setting up a national institute of health and a regional research
platform for the WHO South East Asia Region will strengthen n Establishment of a new National Institute of Virology
the country's capacity to detect, diagnose, and prepare its health n Setting up of five new Regional National Centers for
systems for current and future pandemics. n Disease Control
Establishment of 20 Metropolitan Health Surveillance
17,788 rural health and wellness n Units
centres will be established in the
Establishment of nine bio Security Level III Facilitation
country.
Centers
n Operation of new public health units at 17 entry
11,024 urban health and wellness n points
centres will be set up across the
Establishment of 15 new health emergency operation
country.
Setting up two container-based mobile hospital
n centres
systems, strengthen existing national institutions, Under the PM Ayushman Bharat Health
and establish new institutions to detect new and Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM), plans are being
emerging diseases. developed to build new institutions to strengthen
The largest-ever pan-India scheme for the creation the health-care system's capacity to detect and
and operationalization of public health infrastructure treat new diseases. The Ayushman Bharat Health
will fill gaps in health infrastructure, surveillance, Infrastructure Mission is for 2025–2026, in which
and research in both urban and rural areas, enabling a complete ecosystem will be developed from
the nation and community to become self-reliant in treatment to critical research in every nook and
pandemics and health crises. corner of the country.

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