| The National Rural Health
Mission (NRHM) is a government scheme that aims at providing valuable
healthcare services to rural households all over the country. It specially
focuses on the 18 States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,
Himachal Pradesh,
Jharkhand,
Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya,
Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland, Orissa,
Rajasthan,
Sikkim
,
Tripura, Uttarkhand and Uttar Pradesh.
The major objectives of the National Rural Health Mission are –
- Decrease the infant
mortality rate and maternal mortality rate
- Provide access to public
health services for every citizen
- Prevent and control
communicable and non-communicable diseases
- Control population as well
as ensure gender and demographic balance
- Encourage a healthy
lifestyle and alternative systems of medicine through AYUSH.
The mission
envisages achieving its objective by strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions and promoting access to
improved healthcare through the Accredited Female Health Activist (ASHA). It also plans
on strengthening existing Primary Health Centres, Community Health Centres
and District Health Missions, in addition to making maximum use of Non
Governmental Organizations.
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