Uttar Pradesh gets Ayushman Utkrishta award 2022 for adding maximum various Health facilities

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Uttar Pradesh has been awarded Ayushman Utkrishta award 2022 for adding various health facilities to the health facility register. 

The State was conferred this award by the Chief Executive officer (CEO) of the National Health Authority  R.S Sharma  at the closing ceremony of the Aarogya Manthan organised by the National Health Authority in New Delhi on 26 September 2022.

Achievements of the state 

Uttar Pradesh is the best performing state in the country with 28728 Health facilities added to the National health facility register of the National Health Authority.  

Also the state is the second best State in creating Ayushman Bharat health account (ABHA) with almost 2 crores  Accounts. 

Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM)

• The Prime Minister launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) via video conferencing on 27th September 2021.
• It aims to provide a health ID (now called as ABHA) to every citizen that will also work as their health account, to which personal health records can be linked and viewed with the help of a mobile application.