The state government of Odisha will be setting up eight new Urban Primary Health Centers (UPHCs) across seven districts of the state under the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM).
As per the notification issued by the state health and family welfare department, these eight new UPHCs will be set up in Jajpur district – two nos; one each in Jajpur and Vyasanagar), and one each in Mayurbhanj district (Rairangpur), Malkangiri district (Malkangiri), Balasore district (Soro), Sundargarh district (Rajagangpur), Angul district (Talcher) and Cuttack district (Cuttack).
National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) is a sub-component under National Health Mission (NHM) approved by Cabinet in the year 2013. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is the implementing agency of NUHM.
Meanwhile, the state government has also approved the proposal of transforming 147 health facilities into high-case load facilities in the first phase under the 5T initiative ‘Ama Hospital’ by October 2023.