Amidst the challenges posed by the covid-19 pandemic, India managed to make functional more than 50,000 (50,025) Ayushman Bharat - Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) across the country. The 50,025 operational AB-HWCs spread across 678 districts include 27,890 sub health centres, 18,536 primary health centres and 3,599 urban primary health centres. It is to be implemented in all the 1.5 lakh health and wellness centres in a 'hub and spoke' model, by December 2022. health and wellness centres (HWC). The HWC team consists of a trained community health officer, one or two health workers and 5-8 Accredited Social Health Activists or ASHAs.

Source: Mint November 20, 2020 04:55 UTC