Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan virtually launched the Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP).
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The Integrated Health Information Platform is the next generation highly refined version of the presently used Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP).
According to the minister, India is the first country in the world to adopt such an advanced disease surveillance system.
The new version of IHIP will house the data entry and management for India’s disease surveillance program.
In addition to tracking 33 diseases now as compared to the earlier 18 diseases, it shall ensure near-real-time data in digital mode, having done away with the paper-mode of working.
Terming this as the world’s biggest online disease surveillance platform, he stated that it is in sync with the National Digital Health Mission.
