Ayush Services:

Objective

The main objective of Ayush services is to enhance coverage of health care system through cost effective Ayush Services by focusing on core competency areas of Ayush through upgrading Ayush Hospitals and Dispensaries, colocation of Ayush facilities at Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs), District Hospitals (DHs) and Setting up of 10 bedded/ 30 bedded/ 50 bedded Integrated Ayush Hospitals. Further, it also aims to operationalize a network of Ayush Health & Wellness Centres to provide services based on holistic wellness model embedded in Ayush principles and practices, so as to empower masses for “self-care” to reduce the disease burden, and out of pocket expenditure. It is also envisaged in the reduction of communicable/non- communicable diseases through targeted public health programmes under AYUSH system of medicine.

• I.Co-location of Ayush facilities at PHCs, CHCs and DHs
• II.Supply of essential drugs to Government Ayush Hospitals, Government Dispensaries and Government/Government aided Teaching Institutional Ayush Hospitals
• III. Upgradation of existing standalone Government Ayush Hospitals
• IV. Upgradation of existing Government/Panchayat/Government aided Ayush Dispensaries/ Construction of building for existing Ayush dispensary (Rented/ dilapidated accommodation)/ Construction of building to establish new Ayush dispensary
• V. Setting up of up to 10 bedded/ 30 bedded/ 50 bedded integrated Ayush Hospitals
• VI. Ayush Public Health Programmes
  • a. National Program for Prevention and Management of Osteoarthritis & other Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • b. Integration of Ayush with National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS)
  • c. SUPRAJA: Ayush Maternal & Neo-natal Intervention
  • d. VAYO MITRA: Ayush Geriatric Healthcare Services
  • e. AYURVIDYA: Healthy lifestyle through Ayush for School Children
  • f. Ayush Mobile Medical Unit
  • g. KARUNYA: Ayush Palliative Services
  • h. National Programme on Ayush for Morbidity Management and Disability Prevention (MMDP) of Lymphatic Filariasis (Lymphoedema)
• VII. Behaviour Change Communication (BCC)
• VIII. Mobility support
• IX. Ayush Gram
• X. School Health Programme through Ayush