(a) whether the Government is actively considering Public Private Partnerships
(PPPs) to revitalise the primary health care system; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
(a) whether the Government is actively considering Public Private Partnerships
(PPPs) to revitalise the primary health care system; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE(SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD)
(a) & (b) National Rural Health Mission [NRHM] was launched in April 2005 with
thrust on creating a fully functional platform for health care at all levels, from
the village, the Sub-Centre, the Primary Health Centre, the Community Health Centre,
the District Hospital to the District and State levels with the prime objective of
providing quality services that are affordable, accessible and accountable.The NRHM
Mission document has also articulated the need for Public Private Partnerships. NRHM
encourages training and up-gradation of skills for public-private providers wherever
such efforts are likely to improve quality of services for the poor.
Some of the examples of successful models of Public Private Partnership under NRHM
are:
[i] Tamil Nadu Government’s Criteria for Accreditation of Public-Private
providers undertaken as part of the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) for institutional
delivery.
[ii] Franchising, as per agreed standards and costs as attempted by the
Surya Clinics of Janani in Bihar,
[iii] Yeshasvini Trust Health Insurance
partnerships in Karnataka for standard surgeries at agreed costs
[iv] Chiranjeevi
Scheme of Gujarat to involve private sector Gynaecologists for institutional delivery
of Below Poverty Line women,
[v] Initiative by Government of West Bengal in
partnerships with the private sector for its Mobile Health Clinics,
[vi] Outsourcing
of diagnostic tests successfully attempted in Bihar and West Bengal
[vii] community
worker programme of Mitanins, ASHAs and link workers in some States involving private
organizations on a very large scale in facilitation, training and resource support.
[viii] The successful management of PHCs in Arunachal Pradesh by Karuna Trust,
Voluntary Health Association of India and other organizations.
[ix] Emergency Medical
Relief Programme (EMRI) of Andhra Pradesh.