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COVER STORY | Health

Not only treatment, the government is also taking
In 11 years, the health care of the facilities after coming out of the hospital
sector has created a new post-treatment, so that those who have come out of
history. A record number poverty line do not go back below the poverty line in
of AIIMS and medical any way. For this, the scheme of free food ration is
colleges have been built, continuing. It is the result of the efforts of the central
government that 25 crore people have come out of
the burden on health has poverty and a new middle class has been created.
reduced, and comfort and
security have increased. CONTRIBUTION OF UNIVERSAL
VACCINATION TO HEALTH SECURITY
Healthcare has become one of the most transforma-
tive sectors in India in the last 11 years. Under the
strong leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
the country has seen consistent progress in vaccina-
tion and disease eradication. From newborns in tribal
villages to school children in cities, the government
has aimed to reach every corner of the country and
not leave anyone behind. Before 2014, India had chal-
lenges like low coverage of vaccination, high rate of TB,
widespread measles in women and children, and fre-
quent outbreaks of diseases like rubella and malaria.
Today, by 2025, this picture has changed; India has one
of the most ambitious and successful health missions
in the world. Prime Minister Modi’s people-centric
governance model which clearly reflects the spirit of
service, dedication, and taking everyone along.
Since earlier crores of children were deprived of
life-saving vaccines, Mission Indradhanush was started
Central Government started a new initiative of Univer- in 2014, keeping that in mind. At the same time, the
sal Healthcare with the Health Policy of 2017. Today, U-WIN portal was launched in October 2024 to ensure
the country is working on not one but six fronts with a that no one misses vaccination. Now the entire record
record investment of thousands of crores of rupees to of vaccination has become digital. With the help of
provide health facilities to the poorest of the poor. a live dashboard and SMS alerts, the incidents of
missing vaccines have now reduced. Just like Aadhaar
n First front - To promote preventive healthcare. made identity transparent and connected everyone,
n Second front - To open small and modern hospitals the U-WIN portal is working to make vaccination easy,
in every village. transparent, and accessible to all.
n Third front - To open medical colleges and big insti-
tutes of medical research in cities. GLOBAL OUTREACH OF INDIA’S AYUSH
n Fourth front - To increase the number of doctors India has long been a leading hub of holistic health-
and paramedical staff across the country. care, with traditional systems of medicine such as
n Fifth front - To provide affordable medicines and Ayurveda and Yoga deeply rooted in its ancient civili-
cheap equipment to the patients. zation and deep knowledge tradition. Yet, for decades,
n Sixth front - To ameliorate the difficulties faced by this invaluable knowledge was ignored by successive
patients by using technology. governments and considered outdated rather than

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