SIR MUTHA SCHOOL
INTRODUCTION:
AYUSH is an acronym for
Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy,
Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy
and are the six Indian systems of
medicine prevalent and practiced
in India and some of the
neighbouring Asian countries with
very few exceptions in some of the
developed countries. A
department called the department
of Indian system of medicine was
created in March 1995 and
renamed to AYUSH in November
2003 with a focus to provide
increased attention for the
development of these systems.
This was felt in order to give
increased attention to these systems
in the presence of a strong
counterpart in the form of allopathic
system of medicine which leads to an
“architectural correction” in the
health service envisaged by National
Rural Health Mission (NRHM).
Before the initiation of NRHM most
of these systems including
workforces, therapeutics and
principles were limited to their own
field with few exceptions in some
states, as health in India is a state
issue. This took a reverse turn after
the initiation of NRHM and the
AYUSH systems were brought into
the mainstream health care.
CONCEPT OF AYUSH:
NRHM came into play in 2005 but implemented
at ground level in 2006 and introduced the
concept of “mainstreaming of AYUSH and
revitalization of local health traditions” to
strengthen public health services. This concept
helped in utilizing the untapped AYUSH
workforce, therapeutics and the principles for
the management of community health problems
at different levels. This convergence has been
envisaged with the following objectives:
Choice of the treatment system to the
patients
Strengthen facility functionally
Strengthen implementation of national
health programs.
In the mainstreaming of AYUSH and
revitalization of local health traditions AYUSH
workforce, therapeutics and principles have
been implemented in various states at a
different level.
OBJECTIVE OF AYUSH:
The main objective of this study was
to assess the role and contributions
of AYUSH systems including
workforce, therapeutics and
principles in health care delivery with
special reference to NRHM.
To provide cost effective and
equitable AYUSH health care
throughout the country by improving
access to the services. To revitalize
and strengthen the AYUSH systems
making them as prominent medical
streams in addressing the health care
of the society.
VISION OF AYUSH:
To provide cost effective and
equitable AYUSH health care
throughout the country by
improving access to the
services.
To revitalize and strengthen
the AYUSH systems making
them as prominent medical
streams in addressing the
health care of the society.
To improve educational
institutions capable of
imparting quality AYUSH
education
To promote the adoption of
Quality standards of AYUSH
drugs and making available the
sustained supply of AYUSH
raw-materials.
COMPONENTS OF
AYUSH
AYUSH Services
AYUSH Educational
Institutions
Quality Control of ASU
&H Drugs
Medicinal Plants
ACTION PLAN OF AYUSH
Indication of tentative State
allocation by Department of AYUSH,
Government of India - 31st December.
Budget Provision by the State
Government along with matching
State Share - 31st March.
Preparation of State Annual Action
Plan by Executive Committee of the
State AYUSH Society – 30th April.
The receipt of State Annual Action
Plan in the Department of AYUSH,
Government of India – 1st week of
May.
OUTCOME OF AYUSH
Improvement in AYUSH
education through enhanced
number of AYUSH Educational
Institutions upgraded.
Better access to AYUSH
services through increased
number of AYUSH Hospital and
Dispensaries coverage,
availability of drugs and
manpower.
Sustained availability of quality
raw-materials for AYUSH
Systems of Medicine.
Improved availability of quality
ASU & drugs through increase
in the number of quality
Pharmacies and Drug
Laboratories and enforcement
mechanism of ASU & drugs.
EVALUATION AND
MONITORING OF
AYUSH:
Dedicated MIS monitoring and
evaluation cell would be
established at Centre/ State level.
It is therefore proposed to have a
Health Management Information
System (HMIS) Cell at National
level with three HMIS Managers
and one HMIS Manager at State
level.
The concurrent evaluation of the
AYUSH Mission shall be carried
out to know the implementation
progress and bottlenecks and
scope for improvement. Third
party evaluation will also caried
out after two years of Mission
implementation.
