Hyderabad (18.10.2022): The Andhra Pradesh government has taken various initiatives to provide quality health care at village level as a preventive measure. Steps are also being taken to reduce load on the secondary and tertiary hospitals based on the recommendations of the Expert Committee and detailed discussions with various NGOs / Stakeholders.
Chief Minister YSR Jaganmohan Reddy has taken various initiatives for strengthening primary health care facilities at village level. Family Physician Concept is being introduced under which a medical officer and his team will visit the village health centres twice a month to provide quality health care and also coordinate in referral treatment and Arogyasri services.
The village health clinic is for every 2000 population which is named as Dr YSR Village health clinics. The Government has sanctioned 3719 additional Dr YSR VHCs taking the number to 10032. Every Village Health Clinic will provide basic primary health care at Village in a newly constructed building with One ANM, One MLHP (Mid-Level Health Provider renamed as Community Health Officer-CHO) and Asha Workers.
Services provided at village clinics include OPD, Antenatal, postnatal services, Disease control programmes, NCD screening, FP services, Immunization, diagnostics (14 tests), dispensing of medicines (67 types), yoga and wellness activities. As MLHP (CHO) who is B.Sc. (Nursing) graduates will guide the pregnant women in the Village and refer the identified risky pregnant to the higher centres i.e., CHC / Area Hospital / District Hospital or Arograsri network Hospitals where such facilities are available.
In order to identify the non-communicable diseases at an early stage, a massive NCD survey in the State. Family based survey is taken up and Ayushman Bharath Digital Health ID is being generated for all citizens of Andhra Pradesh.
