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In order to effectively address the health concerns of the urban poor population, the Ministry proposes to launch a new sub-mission National Urban Health Mission (NUHM). The Mission Steering Group of the NHM will be expanded to work as the apex body for NUHM also.
National Urban Health Mission will seek to strengthen the public health thrust in urban local bodies, besides providing for cost of health care for the urban poor. The focus of the National Urban Health Mission will clearly be on alleviating the distress and duress of the urban poor in seeking quality health services.
The aim of NHM is to ensure progress towards the goals and targets set out in the National Health Policy, 2017 for ensuring "universal access to equitable, affordable and quality health care services, accountable and responsive to people's needs".
The National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) as a sub-mission of National Health Mission (NHM) will meet the health needs of the urban population with a focus on urban poor, by making available to them essential primary health care services and reducing out of pocket expenses for treatment.
NUHM envisages to meet health care needs of the urban population with the focus on urban poor, by making available to them essential primary health care services and reducing their out of pocket expenses for treatment.
The National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) was approved by the Cabinet on 1st May 2013. NUHM Implementation Framework was also released at the same time with the objective “to address the health concerns of urban poor through facilitating equitable access to
NUHM aims to provide comprehensive primary healthcare services in urban areas, through Urban Primary Health Centers (U-PHCs), Urban Community Health Centers (U-CHCs) (which can act as first referral units), strong outreach services and accessible frontline health workers.
