AIIMS, Haryana, Centre sign MoU to set up Innovation and Learning Centre at AIIMS New Delhi
Chandigarh: A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) has been signed among Central Government, Haryana Government and AIIMS to set-up an Innovation and Learning Centre (ILC) at AIIMS, New Delhi. ILC is a new initiative of the Union Government to provide technical support to the state for scaling-up of Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) and to ensure quality services through the Health and Wellness Centers (HWCs).
Giving details, Ms Amneet P Kumar, Secretary Health and Mission Director National Health Mission, said that Dr Uddipan Datta, Principal Administrative Officer, National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), on behalf of the central government and Dr Chitra Sarkar, Dean Research AIIMS, have signed the memorandum in this regard. On behalf of Haryana, Ms Amneet signed the memorandum.
She said that the HWCs are conceptualized as a transformed Sub Centers and Primary Health Centers (PHCs). The linked services will have a significant emphasis on health promotion and prevention, population enumeration and registration, the creation of family health folder and follow-up of high risk cases, provision of point of care and diagnostic services, and dispensing drugs for acute and chronic conditions. Moreover, these aspects would reduce the out of pocket expenditure of poor patients, all together.
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