Vision & Mission

Vision

The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was launched on 12 April 2005 to provide accessible, affordable and accountable quality health services to the poorest households in remote rural areas. Under the NRHM, difficult areas with unsatisfactory health indicators were classified as Special Focus States so that maximum attention could be given where needed. The mission focused on establishing a fully functional, community-owned, decentralized health delivery system with inter-sectoral convergence at all levels, to ensure simultaneous action on various determinants of health such as water, sanitation, education, nutrition, social and gender equity. From narrowly defined schemes, the NHM was focused on a functional health system at all levels, from village to district. The Annual Common Review Mission is one of the important monitoring mechanisms under the NHM. The fourteen Common Review Missions (CRMs) undertaken so far have provided valuable insights into policies that have been successful and those that require mid-term adjustments.

Mission

To provide effective healthcare to rural population throughout the country .
To undertake architectural correction of the health system to enable it to effectively handle increased allocations and promote policies that strengthen public health management and service delivery in the country.
To revitalize local health traditions and mainstream AYUSH into the public health system.
Effective integration of health concerns through decentralized management atdistrict, with determinants of health like sanitation and hygiene, nutrition, safe drinking water, gender and social concerns.
To improve access to rural people, especially poor women and children to equitable, affordable, accountable and effective primary health care.