National Digital Health Mission rolled out on pilot mode

Prime Minister has unveiled the ambitious National Digital Health Mission (NDHM), under which every Indian will get a health ID that will ease access to medical services has been rolled out on a pilot mode in six union territories.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

Key-Points

The six Union Territories where the mission has been rolled out through a pilot launch are Chandigarh, Ladakh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.

The mission will be implemented in all parts of the country after studying the initial results of the pilot launch.

The National Health Authority (NHA), which is also the apex agency responsible for the implementation of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana has been given the mandate by the government to design, build, roll-out and implement the NDHM in the country.

Under NDHM every Indian will get a health ID that will ease access to medical services in the country.