HOWIF supports Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Government of India Initiatives

India has been actively working to cover every aspect of Goal 3 and strengthen the health sector in the country. The various initiatives of the Government cover many dimensions of the Goal, which include reducing mortality, reducing the spread of communicable and non-communicable diseases and ensuring universal health coverage.
The National Health Mission (NHM), which encompasses two sub-missions-National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), aims to provide universal access to health care by strengthening systems, institutions and human resource capabilities.
AYUSHMAN BHARAT - Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PMJAY) is a National Health Protection scheme which aims to provide coverage of up to 5 lakh rupees per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization, covering 10 crore poor and vulnerable families (approximately 50 crore beneficiaries).
Mission Indradhanush aims to increase full immunization coverage in India to at least 90 percent children by December 2018.
For non-communicable disease control, a number of schemes are in place.
Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) aims to improve the success rate of treatment among sensitive TB cases.
National Leprosy Eradication Programme aims to reduce leprosy cases.
Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) aims to monitor disease trends and to detect and respond to outbreaks in early rising phase.
National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) aims to improve the access of mental healthcare services.
National Programme for control of blindness aims to reduce the cases of blindness.
National Programme for Prevention and control of cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and stroke (NPCDCS) aims to reduce premature mortality and morbidity from these diseases.

Source:NITI Aayog, Government of India