Lok Sabha Question No. 3997 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-09
Subject: Survey for Healthcare
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: VIKRAM USENDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUEST ION NO. 3997 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 TH DECEMBER, 2016

## SURVEY FOR HEALTHCAR E

## 3997. SHRI VIKRAM USENDI:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  conduct  any  survey  for  healthcare  in  all  the  r forest and rural areas across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps that are being take n to m liorate healthcare facilities in the remote forest and areas in all the States across the country including Chhattisgarh?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a)& (b):     A number of large scale surveys like National Family Health Survey, District Level Household Survey, Annual  Health Survey were conducted by the Ministry of Health a Family Welfare  periodically in the past. This  Ministry  has taken  a decision to disp var ious      health  surveys  of similar nature with varying periodicity and to have an in health  survey  namely,  'National  Family  Health  Survey'  with  a  periodicity  of  three  years,  to provide population,   health, family welfare, nutrition etc. data upto d istrict level.  Accordingly, fourth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS - 4) (2015 - 16) has been conducted in two phases covering all districts  of the States and UTs in the country and key results (fact 18 States/UTs  have been released so  far.
- (c):     The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was launched in 2005 to improve healthcare services, particularly in rural areas. NRHM has since been subsumed as Mission of the overarching National Health Mission (NHM) with the Nation al Urban Health Mission (NUHM) as the other Sub Mission.
- Under NHM support is being provided to States/UTs to strengthen their prima healthcare  systems  &  medical  facilities  including  the  referrals  based  on  requir posed by the States in thei r Programme Implementation Plans.

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- Support is also provided to States by giving hard area allowance to doctor serving in rural and remote areas and for their residential quarters so that doct attractive to serve in public health facilities in such areas.
- All  tribal districts,  whose  composite  health  index  is  below  State  average,  h been  categorized  as  High  Priority  Districts  (HPD)  and  all  tribal  districts  tha HPDs  have  been  designated  as  Special  Focus  Districts  (SFDs).These  HPDs  receiv higher  per  capita  f unding,  enhanced  monitoring  and  focused  supportive  supervision. Further the HPDs and SFDs are encouraged to adopt innovative approaches to addre their peculiar health challenges. Technical support from all sources is being har and aligned with NHM particularly in these districts to support implementation of priority intervention packages.
- Norms for tribal areas for establishing health facilities, Human reso Accredited  Social  Health  Activists,  Mobile  Medical  Units  etc.  are  comparati re laxed.

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