(a) whether the Government has taken steps to provide accessible,
affordable and reliable primary health care facilities to the poor people
living in the urban areas across the country;
(b) if so, the detail thereof;
(c) whether the Government proposes to launch National Urban
Health Mission;
(d) if so, the details thereof and the population criteria proposed
to be adopted for its coverage; and
(e) the institutional mechanism envisaged for covering all urban
poor in the country?
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD)
(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 197
FOR 12TH AUGUST, 2011
(a) & (b): As part of urban component of Reproductive & Child Health-II
under National Rural Health Mission, funds are provided for the improvement
of health status of the urban poor through quality integrated primary health
care services. Besides, NRHM provides for strengthening and up-gradation of
district hospitals, which are accessed by the urban poor also.
Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme – Urban Family Welfare Centres
(UFWCs) and Urban Health Posts (UHPs), urban health services are provided as
a package of reproductive & child health programme through a network of 1083
UFWCs & 871 UHPs.
Besides the above, all other National Disease Control Programme
cater to the needs of poor persons including the urban poor.
(c) to (e) To address the health concerns of urban population and to
bring renewed focus on public health service delivery, there is a proposal
for launching National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) in the country. The
contours of the Mission will be finalized through wider stakeholders’
consultations including State/UT Governments and concerned Central
Ministries/Departments and Planning Commission.