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National Urban Health Mission- Uttarakhand
- As per census 2011 the urban population of state of Uttarakhand is 30.5 Lakh including cantonments & census towns.
- The overall urbanization rate, which is around 30.2%, of Uttarakhand is comparable with the national average of 31.2%.
- Average annual urban growth rate of 4.0% is much high compared to rural growth rate 1.2% of the state.
- NUHM is a subsidiary of NHM, operating Urban Primary Health Centers (UPHCS) since2015, forproviding the Primary Health Care of the Urban slums.
- These UPHCs mainly serve the urban slum population and the UPHCs are in the slum or 500 meters from the slum.
Services offered in UPHCs
- Primary Health Care
- ANC
- PNC
- Family Planning
- Immunization
- ICTC
- Wellness activities
- Screening of Diabetes, Hypertension, Oral & Cervical cancer
- Communicable disease
10. Emergency services
11. IEC/BCC, counseling etc.
12. Outreach activities
Each UPHC should have 1 emergency bed.
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