13th Conference of Central Council of Health and Family Welfare
October 14 , 2019 1787 days 911 0
Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the 13th Conference of Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHWF) for 2019 in New Delhi.
Objective: To build a consensus on National Health priorities.
The conference was conducted on the 4 pillars of health care namely:
Universal Health Coverage (UHC),
Mission mode interventions,
Quality and accessible affordable healthcare services and
Adequate Infrastructure.
A new initiative called ‘Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN)’ for Zero Preventable Maternal and Newborn Deaths, its website and the grievance redressal portal were launched on the occasion.
He also released the following reports in the conference:
National Blindness and Visually Impaired Survey 2019 and
First report on the National Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy Survey (2015-2019).