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OVERVIEW

Health and wellness have been a Kendras, located in almost all from the past, when the citizens
key focus area for the Narendra districts, are providing quality had to wait for decades for the
Modi government during the last generic medicines at affordable start of vaccination drives, PM
eleven years. This has been the prices to all. Modi led government ensured
key element in India emerging administration of more than
victorious from a global The government has been 2.2 billion doses of Covid vaccine
pandemic, by administering over committed to avoiding any in a short span of two years.
220 crore doses of vaccines, as suffering from vaccine-
well as exporting a significant preventable diseases. In this In the last 11 years, India has
number of vaccines to the world regard, under various phases of made huge strides in healthcare.
in time of need. Mission Indradhanush, 5.46 Crore A government that invests in
Children and 1.32 Crore Pregnant healthcare invests in its people
Accessible and affordable Women have been vaccinated and thus the Narendra Modi-led
quality healthcare, a priority against 12 diseases. Due to this government has truly been a
for the government, has turned targeted government initiative, government of the people, for
into a reality for the citizensof there has been a significant the people, and by the people.
India. Previously, medical decline in Maternal Mortality
expenditure used to be a severe Rate in the country from 130 in
economic burden for low-income 2014-16 to 80 per lakh live births
households and often led them in 2020.
into debt traps. In 2018, the Modi * * *
government launched Ayushman The Modi government has
Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan brought a crucial turnaround
Arogya Yojana, the world’s largest in medical education. Few
health assurance programme, government colleges, high fees
thus giving permanent relief in private medical colleges,
from this burden to nearly 55 and massive corruption in
crore beneficiaries. Further, the seat allocation had severely
Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission limited opportunities for
(ABDM) is realising the vision of medical education. In the last
building a digitally connected 11 years, the Modi government
healthcare ecosystem. has approved/established new
AIIMS in several States, and
Over 54 crore health records of large number of new medical
individuals have been linked to colleges. These include the first
their Ayushman Bharat Health ever AIIMS in the Northeast in
Accounts (ABHA). The digitally Assam. Further, the government’s
available health records will bold decision to replace the
enable the ABHA holders in Medical Council of India with the
availing paperless health services National Medical Commission
across the ABDM network. The has ended corruption in medical
government’s telemedicine education. In ‘New India’,
programme – eSanjeevani is talented students from humble
bringing a revolution in the backgrounds can also fulfill their
health sector of the country. dream of becoming a doctor.
Through it more than 37.15 crore India’s quick and effective
beneficiaries have been able response to the Covid-19
to access quality healthcare at pandemic was supported by its
their doorstep, thus bridging rollout of the world’s largest
the urban-rural barrier in the vaccination drive and that too
provision of specialist medical using indigenously developed
care. 16000+ Jan Aushadhi vaccines. In a landmark shift

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