National Rural Health Mission

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NRHM aims to provide Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Health and Adolescent (RMNCH+A) services to the rural deprived people through its network of ASHA, ANMs and AWWs.

It focus on providing fully functional, community owned and decentralised health delivery system in rural areas.

NRHM, also called NRHM-RCH Flexipool is one of the components of NHM and is for all towns and villages below the population of 50,000.

Various initiatives under NRHM

1. Accredited social health activists
2. JananiSurakshaYojana
3. JananiShishuSurakshaKaryakram (JSSK)
4. RashtriyaBalSwasthyaKaryakram (RBSK)
5. Mainstreaming AYUSH – revitalizing local health traditions.