India outlines plans for National Urban Health Mission

摘要

In a recent speech at one of India's premier medical institutes, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talked publicly about the government's plans to launch a special programme aimed at improving the health of the urban population. Termed the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), the initiative will follow on from the flagship National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) launched 7 years ago to improve access to health care in rural parts of India. The Prime Minister also expressed hope that the two programmes together will in the future lead to a unified National Health Mission.