Ayushman Arogya Mandir – Arogyam Paramam Dhanam- 13 Services

Ayushman Arogya Mandir – Arogyam Paramam Dhanam

Introduction and Objectives

• Government of India has launched Comprehensive Primary Health Care campaign to address critical issue of access to health care. Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) is essential to avert disease and promote well-being, ensure continuity of care and enable gate-keeping so as to reduce the burden on secondary and tertiary level facilities, thus saving costs to system and the individual.
• AAM delivers, these set of comprehensive services through team based approach. A primary health care team trained and equipped in a set of skills and redesigned work processes to ensure a continuum of care that places emphasis on preventive and promotive health.
• To provide CPHC near to the community, State is moving forward with strengthening of all the SCs, PHCs, UPHCs, Ayush facilities and UHWCs as Ayushman Arogya Mandirs along with additional provision of health promotion & wellness activities like Yoga. State is committed to transform all SCs, PHCs & UPHCs Ayushman Arogya Mandirs

The AAMs provide preventive, promotive, curative and rehabilitative care for a package of 13 services as below

1. Care in Pregnancy and Child-birth.

1. Neonatal, Infant, Childhood and Adolescent Health Care Services
2. Family Planning, Contraceptive Services  &  other Reproductive Health Care Services
3. Management of  Communicable Diseases: National Health Programmes
4. General Out-patient Care for Acute Simple Illnesses and Minor Ailments
5. Screening, Prevention, Control and Management of Non-communicable Diseases
6. Care for Common Ophthalmic and ENT Problems
7. Basic Oral Health Care
8. Elderly and Palliative Health Care Services
9. Emergency Medical Services including Burns and Trauma
10. Screening and Basic Management of Mental Health Ailments
11. Yoga & Ayush
12. Teleconsultation

• AAMs not only to expand the service package but also to create a perception in the community that the facility is close to them, offers a platform for preventive and promotive action. Apart from service provision, key interventions envisaged under AAM include Population Enumeration, Creation of Family folders and to assure continuity of care, diagnostic services, regular refills of drugs for chronic diseases, access to Tele- Consultation Services and use of IT platforms. State has already started implementation of population based screening, control and management of Hypertension, Diabetes and Cancers (Oral, Breast & Cervical)

The SC-AAMs are headed by a Community Health Officers with a primary health care team including ANMs, MPW (M) and ASHAs of the sub center area. Under CPHC-AAM programme BAMS, BUMS & Nursing graduates are being appointed as Community Health Officer

Beneficiary:

Citizen

Benefits:

As above