• Launched to provide comprehensive health services covering preventive, promotive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative care for all age groups.
  • First AAM was launched in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh on April 18th, 2018.
• In FY 2018-19, over 17,000 AAMs were operationalized, surpassing the target of 15,000.
  • Currently, there are 1.6 lakh such centres across India.
• National Health Policy of 2017 envisioned AAMs as the cornerstone of India’s health system.
  • In 2023, the Union Health Ministry renamed AB-HWCs as Ayushman Arogya Mandirs with the tagline ‘Arogyam Parmam Dhanam’.

• To provide universal, free-of-cost, and accessible primary healthcare services to both rural and urban populations.

• Services provided include preventive, promotive, curative, palliative, and rehabilitative care.
• AAMs offer a comprehensive 12-package set of services.
• Sub-Health Centres (SHC) and Primary Health Centres (PHC) are being transformed to offer broader healthcare services.

1. Comprehensive Primary Health Care: The mission plans to establish 1,50,000 AAMs in rural and urban areas to provide comprehensive primary healthcare services.
2. Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY): The scheme provides a health insurance cover of Rs. 5 lakh per year to more than 10 crore vulnerable families for secondary and tertiary care.

PYQ:

[2022] With reference to Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, consider the following statements:

1. Private and public hospitals must adopt it.
2. As it aims to achieve universal health coverage, every citizen of India should be part of it ultimately.
3. It has seamless portability across the country.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 3 only

(c) 1 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3