Lok Sabha Question No. 3985 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-19
Subject: Augmentation of National Digital Health Mission
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Parvesh Sahib Singh, Prathap Simha, L.S. Tejasvi Surya

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3985 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH MARCH, 2021

## AUGMENTATION OF NATI ONAL DIGITAL HEALTH MISSION

## 3985. SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH VERMA:

SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SU RYA:

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

- (a) the status of implementation of the National Digital Health Mission along with the details of peopleregistered and have received Health ID under National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) Scheme, State - wise;
- (b) the details of amount spent under NDHM Scheme during the said period, State - wise;
- (c)  whether  the  Ministry  has  started  any  awareness campaign  to  make  people  aware  of  th e benefits of the NDHM Scheme and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to expand NDHM across all the States, if so, the timeline set by the Government for the same;
- (e)  the  details  of  the  measures undertaken  by  the Ministry  to  augment  health  infrastructure including involvement of private players for the same; and
- (f)  the  details  of  efforts  made  by  the  Government  to strengthen  the  integrated  disease surveillance platform?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STA TE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a):  On  15 th August  2020,  Hon'ble Prime  Minister  announced  the  National  Digital  Health Mission  (NDHM)  following  which  NDHM  pilot  was  launched  in  the  Union  Territories  of Chandigarh, Ladakh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.

The status of issuance of Health IDs under NDHM as on 15 th March 2021 is as under:

| State/UT                         | No. of Health IDs issued   |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands        | 2,08,367                   |
| Lakshadweep                      | 20,561                     |
| Ladakh                           | 71,379                     |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu | and 91,130                 |
| Puducherry                       | 4,52,909                   |
| Chandigarh                       | 1,52,749                   |
| Total                            | 9,97,095                   |

- (b): Under NDHM scheme, the expenditure for implementation of NDHM in 6 UTs   has been borne by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and expenditure till date is Rs. 11.82 cror
- (c): National Health Authority (NHA) being NDHM implement agency has initiated awareness campaigns in healthcare facilities through IEC materials like posters and banners in the where NDHM pilot has been rolled out.

As  part  of  outreach  activities,  m ultiple  SMS  campaigns  have  been  launched  and webinars  with  doctors  have  been  organized  to  raise  awareness  and  increase  participati NDHM.  Additionally, videos about NDHM have been uploaded on YouTube and Twitter.

- (d): NDHM has been rolled out in 6 UTs initially. The expansion of the same will be take up after evaluation of the outcome during Phase 1 of the project.
- (e): The financial support is being provided to all States/UTs under National Health Mis strengthened the Health Infrastructure upto PHC/CHC level.

To promote innovation, participation and built trust, NDHM Sandbox environment ha been developed as a closed ecosystem and made live at https://ndhm.gov.in/ .

NDHM Sandbox is a framework that allows tec hnologies or products to be tested in the contained environment in compliance with NDHM standards. This helps organizations, includi private  players,  intending  to  be  a  part  of  National  Digital  Health  Ecosystem  to  be  a Information Provider or Healt h Information User.

- (f):  The  Integrated  Disease  Surveillance  Programme  is  implemented  all  over  the  countr strengthen  Surveillance  System  for  epidemic  prone  disease  to  detect  and  respond  to  di outbreaks.

In  the  2015,  Joint  Monitoring  Mission  was  se t  up  to  review  Integrated  Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) and to provide recommendation to improve and strengthen th IDSP system.

Based on the mission recommendation, this ministry has developed a web - enabled near -real - time electronic information system to provide state - of - the - art  single operating picture with geospatial information for surveillance of epidemic prone diseases.

The Government has launched Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP) in 7 Stat in  2018  and  currently,  it  is  operati onal  in  11  States.  Action  is  being  initiated  for  pan -India expansion of the revised surveillance platform for which the trainings are being conducte the states and UT's.