Tribal Health and Nutrition Portal | Swasthya | UPSC

Tribal Health and Nutrition Portal | Swasthya | UPSC

      HEADLINES:

Shri arjun munda to e-launch tribal health and nutrition portal “swasthya” on 17th august, 2020

      WHY IN NEWS:

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SYLLABUS COVERED: GS 3:Health:Diseases:Portal

      LEARNING: 

For PRELIMS go through the aim and developers of the portal . Understand the objective and its beneficiaries .

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      CONTEXT: 

AIM

• A first of its kind Tribal Health & Nutrition Portal.

DEVELOPED BY

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs in collaboration with Piramal Swasthya, the Centre of Excellence has developed this Tribal Health and Nutrition Portal ‘Swasthya’.

FEATURES

• It is a one-stop solution presenting all information pertaining to tribal health and nutrition related to Scheduled Tribe people.

• The dashboard presents data curated from multiple sources for the 177 identified high priority tribal districts.
• The Portal also has research studies, innovations and best practices on tribal community curated from multiple sources related to tribal health and nutrition.

• ‘Swasthya’ is the first of its kind comprehensive platform for health and nutrition related information of the tribal population of India.

• In addition, the SCD Support Corner available in the Portal encourages people with Sickle Cell disease or trait to register themselves.

• This will also catalyze a series of actions which will ultimately lead to overall improvements in the health and nutrition status of the tribal population in India.

MANAGEMENT

• It is established by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in collaboration with Piramal Swasthya Management and Research Institute.

      IASbhai WINDUP: 

• This CoE works towards consolidating data for tribal health & nutrition, facilitating evidence-based policy making and documenting successful models.
• Also CoE is indulged in best practices and innovative solutions, disseminating and facilitating exchange of knowledge with stakeholders to improve tribal health & nutrition outcomes.

     SOURCES:THE HINDU & PIB | Swasthya Portal

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