Projecting `inclusive growth' as motto, the Eleventh Plan will launch Sarva Swasthya Abhiyan by introducing the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) with an outlay of Rs 4495 crore and combining it with the ongoing National Rural Health Mission (NHRM).
Targeting the urban poor and their living conditions in urban slums, Rs 50 crore will be allocated for the next fiscal year to start the NUHM on the lines of NHRM, which will get Rs 11930 crore during the next year.
The NRHM has already been approved for the period 2007-2012 and is under implementation. It provides for accessible, affordable, equitable, accountable and quality health care to the people especially those living in rural areas, according to information given by Health Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss in the Loka Sabha recently.
NRHM ensures to provide concurrent service guarantee in respect of skilled attendants at all births, full coverage of childhood diseases/health conditions, maternal diseases/health conditions, blindness due to refractive errors and low vision, leprosy, tuberculosis, vector borne diseases, inpatient treatment of childhood diseases, inpatient treatment of maternal diseases, life style diseases, hypertension, providing secondary care services at district hospitals, meeting unmet needs and spacing and permanent family planning services, for RTI/STI and counselling for HIV/AIDS services for adolescents.
NRHM seeks to achieve its objective through the process of communitisation through untied funds and involvement of Panchayats etc. improved management, capacity through skill augmentation and infusion of managerial skills, flexible financing, monitoring progress against standards through Indian Public Health Standards, innovation in human resource management, partnership with non-government providers, etc.