New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Bharati Pravin Pawar on Friday (September 22) said that over 51,000 Ayushman Mela were held under the Ayushman Bhav Campaign in the first five days. After the launch of ‘Ayushman Bhava Abhiyan’, three different drives have been run under this including “Ayushman Aapke Dwar, Ayushman Mela and Ayushman Gaanv as well as Ayushman Sabha.” While under Ayushman Mela, a health fair will be organized every Saturday at the Health and Wellness Center.
Briefing media in New Delhi on Friday, Minister Pawar said,
Over 21 lakh people participated in the Campaign. 55 lakh testing and screening took place in the period and over 4700 surgeries were performed. 5,600 blood donation camps were held and over 42,000 units of blood collected. Over 8 lakh Ayushman Cards were generated in five days of Ayushman Bhav Campaign and nearly 20 lakhs ABHA IDs were created.
Over 17 lakh people received free medicine in the first five days of Ayushman Bhav Campaign, she said further.
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NDTV – Dettol have been working towards a clean and healthy India since 2014 via the Banega Swachh India initiative, which is helmed by Campaign Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan. The campaign aims to highlight the inter-dependency of humans and the environment, and of humans on one another with the focus on One Health, One Planet, One Future – Leaving No One Behind. It stresses on the need to take care of, and consider, everyone’s health in India – especially vulnerable communities – theLGBTQ population,indigenous people, India’s different tribes, ethnic and linguistic minorities, people with disabilities, migrants, geographically remote populations, gender and sexual minorities. In wake of the currentCOVID-19 pandemic, the need for WASH (Water,SanitationandHygiene) is reaffirmed as handwashing is one of the ways to prevent Coronavirus infection and other diseases. The campaign will continue to raise awareness on the same along with focussing on the importance of nutrition and healthcare for women and children, fightmalnutrition, mental wellbeing, self care, science and health,adolescent health & gender awareness. Along with the health of people, the campaign has realised the need to also take care of the health of the eco-system. Our environment is fragile due to human activity, which is not only over-exploiting available resources, but also generating immense pollution as a result of using and extracting those resources. The imbalance has also led to immense biodiversity loss that has caused one of the biggest threats to human survival – climate change. It has now been described as a “code red for humanity.” The campaign will continue to cover issues likeair pollution,waste management,plastic ban,manual scavengingand sanitation workers andmenstrual hygiene. Banega Swasth India will also be taking forward the dream of Swasth Bharat, the campaign feels that only a Swachh or clean India wheretoiletsare used andopen defecation free (ODF)status achieved as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched byPrime Minister Narendra Modiin 2014, can eradicate diseases like diahorrea and the country can become a Swasth or healthy India.
