Choubey releases analytical report of the National Health Profile-2018

Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, released an Analytical Report of the National Health Profile-2018 (NHP-2018) prepared by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI), under the aegis of the Directorate General of Health Services at Patna. The NHP covers demographic, socio-economic, health status, and health finance indicators, along with comprehensive information on health infrastructure and human resources in health. CBHI has been publishing NHP every year since 2005. This is the 12th  edition. The inevitable need of evidence-based planning on the launch of the National Health Resource Repository (NHRR) – the country’s first ever national healthcare facility registry of authentic, standardized, and updated geo-spatial data of all public and private healthcare establishments.

The vision of the NHRR project is to strengthen evidence-based decision making and develop a platform for citizen and provider-centric services by creating a robust, standardized, and secured IT-enabled repository of India’s healthcare resources. NHRR will cohesively work with Ayushman Bharat and Central TB Division (CTD) on an integrated plan for the larger benefit of ensuing hospital empanelment and private sector engagement. The aim of the project is to develop a comprehensive platform for over 25 lakh healthcare establishments. The key expected outcomes of the NHRR project are to provide comprehensive data on all health resources including private doctors, health facilities, chemists, and diagnostics labs, establish a NHRR for evidence based decision making – aligned with the Digital India mission.