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Government of India
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
07 FEB 2020 12:51PM by PIB Delhi
Health and Wellness Centres

Under Ayushman Bharat – Health & Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs), 1.5 lakh Sub Health Centres and Primary Health Centres are to be transformed into Health and Wellness Centres across the country for provision of Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) that includes preventive healthcare and health promotion at the community level with continuum of care approach by December, 2022. The roll out plan of AB - HWCs is given as below:

 

  • FY 2018-19 = 15,000
  • FY 2019-20 = 25,000 (Cumulative 40,000)
  • FY 2020-21 = 30,000 (Cumulative 70,000)
  • FY 2021-2022 = 40,000 (Cumulative 1,10,000)
  • Till 31st December 2022 = 40,000 (Cumulative 1,50,000)

“Public Health and Hospitals” being a State subject, the States have been accorded the flexibility to identify the facilities to be upgraded as Health and Wellness Centres based on the availability of Health Infrastructure and Human Resources. As per AB-HWC portal, the state-wise details of functional AB-HWCs as on 03.02.2020 are given below:

 

Status of Functional Ayushman Bharat- Health & Wellness Centres as on 03.02.2020

Sl. No.

State Name

HWCs Functional

 

 

SHC

PHC

UPHC

TOTAL

High_Focus

 

 

 

 

1

Chhattisgarh

1,018

271

37

1,326

2

Rajasthan

129

446

51

626

3

Uttar Pradesh

1,602

1,135

398

3,135

4

Odisha

107

822

83

1,012

5

Madhya Pradesh

934

1,140

132

2,206

6

Bihar

112

597

97

806

7

Jharkhand

304

106

51

461

8

Uttarakhand

142

145

34

321

Non_High_Focus

 

 

 

 

9

Tamil Nadu

819

1,374

444

2,637

10

Haryana

164

265

95

524

11

Maharashtra

1,185

1,605

420

3,210

12

Karnataka

866

542

335

1,743

13

West Bengal

562

256

0

818

14

Punjab

915

349

91

1,355

15

Gujarat

1,861

1,062

158

3,081

16

Andhra Pradesh

778

1,145

244

2,167

17

Kerala

0

658

30

688

18

Jammu & Kashmir

220

183

13

416

19

Telangana

187

613

239

1,039

20

Himachal Pradesh

3

66

3

72

21

Goa

0

55

5

60

Union_Territories

 

 

 

 

22

Puducherry

5

30

0

35

23

Daman & Diu

19

4

0

23

24

Andman & Nicobar Islands

28

17

5

50

25

Delhi

0

0

0

0

26

Chandigarh

0

0

10

10

27

Lakshadweep

0

0

0

0

28

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

24

7

0

31

North_East

 

 

 

 

29

Tripura

46

29

5

80

30

Assam

760

288

49

1,097

31

Meghalaya

31

9

3

43

32

Arunachal Pradesh

61

37

4

102

33

Manipur

84

24

1

109

34

Mizoram

0

6

4

10

35

Nagaland

53

30

7

90

36

Sikkim

20

11

0

31

GROUP

 

 

 

 

37

Ladakh

0

0

0

0

 

 

13,039

13,327

3,048

29,414

Source: AB-HWC Portal as on 03.02.2020 (12:00 hrs)

The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.

 

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MV/LK