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SUPER 40 SERIES TOP 40 PDFS FOR UPSC PRELIMINARY EXAM 2019

BOOKLET NUMBER - 12

HEALTH RELATED SCHEMES

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HEALTH RELATED SCHEMES

JANANI SURAKSHA YOJANA (JSY)

The Nodal Ministry is Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

It is being implemented with the objective of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality by

promoting institutional delivery among poor pregnant women.

It is a 100% centrally sponsored scheme it integrates cash assistance with delivery and post-

delivery care.

The success of the scheme would be determined by the increase in institutional delivery

among the poor families.

The women who deliver in Government hospitals, health centres or even in accredited

private hospitals are eligible for the cash assistance, if she is above 19 years .

JANANI SHISHU SURAKSHA KARYAKRAM (JSSK)


To provide better health facilities for pregnant women and sick neonates and eliminating “out-

of-pocket” expenses.-Under this scheme, pregnant women are entitled for free drugs and

consumables, free diagnostics, free blood whenever required, and free diet up to 3 days for

normal delivery and 7 days for C-section.


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This initiative also provides for free transport from home to institution, between facilities in

case of a referral and drop back home.

Similar entitlements have been put in place for all sick new borns accessing public health

institutions for treatment till 30 days after birth.

MAA- MOTHER’S ABSOLUTE AFFECTION


A nationwide programme launched in an attempt to bring undiluted focus on promotion of

breastfeeding and provision of counselling services for supporting breastfeeding through health

systems.

The programme has been named „MAA‟ to signify the support a lactating mother requires from

family members and at health facilities to breastfeed successfully.

The chief components of the MAA Programme are Community awareness generation,

strengthening interpersonal communication through ASHA, Skilled support for breastfeeding

at delivery points in public health facilities, and monitoring and award/recognition.

RASHTRIYA BAL SWASTHYA KARYAKRAM (RBSK)



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Under this, support is being provided to States/UTs for Child Health Screening and Early

Intervention Services through early detection and early management of common health

conditions classified into 4 Ds i.e Defects at birth, Diseases, Deficiencies, Development delays

including disability.

Treatment including surgeries at tertiary level is free of cost under this initiative.

AYUSHMAN BHARAT SCHEME


National Health Protection Scheme will be launched to cover 10 crore poor and vulnerable

families.

Under this, up to Rs 5 lakh will be provided to each family per year in secondary and tertiary

care institutions.

This scheme will have 50 crore beneficiaries.

So far under the National Health Insurance Scheme, insurance cover of Rs.30,000 was

available only.

This is a big increase in this regard.

RASHTRIYA AROGYA NIDHI (RAN)



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Financial assistance to patients, living below poverty line and who are suffering from major

life threatening diseases, to receive medical treatment at any of the super speciality

Hospitals/Institutes or other Government hospitals.

RASHTRIYA KISHOR SWASTHYA KARYAKRAM


The primary objective of PMSSY is to correct the region imbalances in availability of

affordable/reliable tertiary level healthcare in the country in general, and, to augment facilities

for quality medical education in under-served or backward States, in particular.

The PMSSY project was to be implemented across the country by the centre for which two

major components of implementation was decided.

The first was to set up bigger medical institutions like that of AIIMS located in New Delhi.

A total of six such AIIMS like medical units were brought up in the country spread across

various regions.

The second component of the PMSSY scheme was to improve and upgrade all the medical

colleges and institutions.

There were a total of 13 such medical colleges spread across the country which needed up

gradation and introduction to improved medical facilities and technologies.

The PMSSY scheme will be implemented in three work phases.

MISSION MADHUMEHA

The Nodal Ministry is AYUSH.

Effective management of Diabetes through Ayurveda.

It was Launched on National Ayurvedic Day .

The Mission will be implemented throughout the country through a specially

designed National Treatment Protocol. 3.The guidelines in the protocol will be sent to various

state governments, which will further circulate them across various medical institutions.

The Madhumeha Assessment Tool (MAT) based on Ayurvedic philosophy has also been

developed for the self-assessment of the people with regards to possibilities of diabetes.


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The government is set to launch a mobile app which will suggest Ayurvedic medicines for

diabetic patients.

The app will be meant for use by both practitioners of Ayurveda as well patients.

It will help in identifying the type of diabetes a patient is suffering from as well as recommend

which Ayurvedic medicines can be administered to a patient.

The app is based on a set of guidelines issued by AYUSH.

INDRADHANUSH SCHEME



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It aims to immunize all children under the age of 2 years, as well as all pregnant women,

against seven vaccine preventable diseases.

The Mission Indradhanush, depicting seven colours of the rainbow, aims to cover all those

children by 2020 who are either unvaccinated, or are partially vaccinated against seven vaccine

preventable diseases which include diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis,

measles and hepatitis B.

NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF CANCER,

DIABETES, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND STROKE (NPCDCS)


NPCDCS has a focus on awareness generation for behaviour and life-style changes, screening

and early diagnosis of persons with high level of risk factors and there treatment and referral (if

required) to higher facilities for appropriate management for those Non-communicable

Diseases (NCDs) including diabetes and hypertension.

TEST AND TREAT POLICY FOR HIV


As soon as a person is tested and found to be positive, he will be provided with Antiretroviral

Therapy irrespective of his CD count or clinical stage.

The ART will be for all men, women, adolescents and children who have been diagnosed as a

HIV + case.


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This will improve longevity, improve quality of life of those infected and will save them from

many opportunistic infections, especially TB.

REVISED NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAMME


Strengthening and improving quality of basic TB services addressing TB HIV co-infection,

other co-morbidities and MDR-TB

Engaging with care providers both in the public and the private sector

Targeted intervention in the vulnerable population and strengthening urban TB control along

with active case finding activities

Integrating newer molecular diagnostics for TB in the health system (CBNAAT) for early

diagnosis of MDR TB

Leveraging of Information Communication Technology for enhancing TB notification and

strengthening of monitoring1. Under the RNTCP, Government is committed to end

tuberculosis by 2025.

The strategies adopted for this purpose include strengthening and improving quality of basic

TB services, engaging with providers other than public, addressing TB HIV co-infection, other

co-morbidities and programmatic management of drug resistant TB.

NATIONAL LEPROSY ERADICATION (NLEP) TO ELIMINATE LEPROSY FROM

THE COUNTRY


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With a view to eliminating leprosy from the country, a three-pronged strategy has been adopted

for early detection of leprosy cases in the community during 2016-17:

Leprosy Case Detection Campaign for high endemic districts.

Focused Leprosy Campaign for hot spots.

Specific plan for Case Detection in Hard to reach areas.

NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR MALARIA ELIMINATION


To Eliminate malaria (zero indigenous cases) throughout the entire country by 2030; and

Maintain malaria-free status in areas where malaria transmission has been interrupted and

prevent re-introduction of malaria.

Eliminate malaria from all 26 States including 15 low (Category 1) and 11 moderate (Category

2) transmission States/Union Territories (UTs) by 2022;

Reduce the incidence of malaria to less than 1 case per 1000 population per year in all States

and UTs and their districts by 2024;

Interrupt indigenous transmission of malaria throughout the entire country, including all 10

high transmission States and Union Territories (Category 3) by 2027; and

Prevent the re-establishment of local transmission of malaria in areas where it has been

eliminated and maintain national malaria-free status by 2030 and beyond.

ELIMINATION OF LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS (ELF) PROGRAMME


This initiative goes beyond addressing sexual and

reproductive health and introduces focus on

nutrition, sexual & reproductive health, injuries and

violence (including gender based violence), non-

communicable diseases, mental health and

substance misuse.


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