{"id":102317,"date":"2026-05-07T14:54:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=102317"},"modified":"2026-05-07T14:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:24:21","slug":"national-urban-health-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/national-urban-health-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"National Urban Health Mission, Objectives, Features, Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Urban Health Mission is a government initiative <\/span><b>aimed at improving healthcare services for people living in urban areas,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> especially the poor and vulnerable sections of society. It focuses on making <\/span><b>affordable and quality healthcare easily accessible in cities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and towns through better hospitals, health centers, and community participation. The mission also works to improve maternal and child health, control diseases, and promote awareness about hygiene and healthy living.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About National Urban Health Mission<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Urban Health Mission was launched in<\/span><b> May 2013 as a sub-mission of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/national-health-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Health Mission<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the Government of India. The mission was introduced to improve<\/span><b> healthcare facilities in urban areas,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> especially for poor and vulnerable people living in slums and overcrowded settlements.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rapid urbanization has increased pressure on health services<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in cities, leading to problems such as poor sanitation, spread of diseases, malnutrition, and lack of affordable treatment. NUHM was launched to address these challenges and ensure better access to healthcare for urban populations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mission mainly focuses on providing affordable, accessible, and quality primary healthcare services to urban poor households.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NUHM also works towards improving maternal and child healthcare, controlling communicable and non-communicable diseases, and spreading awareness about hygiene, nutrition, and healthy lifestyles.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>National Urban Health Mission Objectives<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To provide essential primary healthcare services to the urban population, especially the poor and vulnerable sections.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To reduce <\/span><b>Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in urban areas.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>To reduce out-of-pocket expenditure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on medical treatment through affordable public healthcare facilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To strengthen <\/span><b>urban healthcare infrastructure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and improve service delivery systems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To encourage<\/span><b> community participation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in planning, implementation, and monitoring of health programmes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>To improve coordination<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between healthcare services and sectors such as sanitation, drinking water, housing, education, and nutrition.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>To address health risks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> caused by rapid urban population growth and unhealthy living conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>National Urban Health Mission Key Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Urban Health Infrastructure<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Establishes <\/span><b>Urban Primary Health Centres (U-PHCs)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Urban Community Health Centres (U-CHCs)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to provide healthcare services close to communities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengthens existing government hospitals and dispensaries in urban areas.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Outreach and Community Participation<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health workers like <\/span><b>ASHAs and ANMs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> conduct awareness programmes, immunization drives, and health check-ups in communities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Local communities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are encouraged to participate in health planning and monitoring.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Vulnerability Mapping<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Uses surveys and mapping techniques<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to identify slums and high-risk populations that require urgent healthcare support.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Partnership with NGOs and Private Sector<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Encourages cooperation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with NGOs, private hospitals, and charitable organizations for better healthcare delivery.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Focus on Preventive Healthcare<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promotes sanitation, nutrition, vaccination, family planning, and disease prevention activities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Funding Pattern<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NUHM is jointly <\/span><b>funded by the Central and <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/state-government\/\" target=\"_blank\">State Governments<\/a>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> For most states, the funding ratio is <\/span><b>75:25 between the Centre and the State.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> For <\/span><b>North-Eastern <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and special category states, the funding ratio is <\/span><b>90:10.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Programme Implementation Plans prepared by states are approved by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Target Beneficiaries<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focuses on slum dwellers, migrants, homeless people, daily wage workers, women, children, and other vulnerable groups.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Coverage Area<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Urban Health Mission covers <\/span><b>cities and towns with a population above 50,000,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> focusing mainly on slums and other areas where poor and vulnerable urban populations live, while smaller towns are covered under National Rural Health Mission.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>National Urban Health Mission Important Components<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Population Stabilization and Family Welfare<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NUHM supports family welfare and reproductive healthcare services in line with the National Population Policy. It aims to reduce Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), and improve overall reproductive and child healthcare services in urban areas.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (JSK)<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (JSK)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a population stabilization fund that supports awareness programmes and initiatives related to <\/span><b>family planning and reproductive health.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It also helps in promoting healthy family practices and population stabilization measures across the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>GIS Mapping<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mission uses <\/span><b>vulnerability mapping and Geographic Information System (GIS) technology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to identify slums and high-risk urban areas that lack healthcare facilities. This helps the government target resources and services more effectively and ensure that healthcare reaches the people who need it the most.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>National Urban Health Mission Significance<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Improves access to affordable and quality healthcare<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for urban poor and vulnerable groups by bringing essential services closer to where they live.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduces <\/span><b>out-of-pocket medical expenses <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by providing free or low-cost treatment through government health facilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Addresses health challenges in slums and overcrowded<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> areas where poor sanitation and living conditions increase disease risk.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengthens <\/span><b>primary healthcare infrastructure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by establishing Urban Primary Health Centres (U-PHCs) and improving existing facilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Promotes preventive healthcare<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through immunization, nutrition awareness, sanitation, and early disease detection.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bridges the gap in healthcare access<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between rich and poor urban populations, ensuring more equitable services.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Encourages community participation and awareness, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">leading to better health-seeking behaviour among people.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) improves affordable healthcare for urban poor through better hospitals, maternal care, disease control, and awareness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":102209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[5248,5249,7395],"class_list":{"0":"post-102317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-studies","8":"tag-indian-society","9":"tag-indian-society-notes","10":"tag-national-urban-health-mission","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102317"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102326,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102317\/revisions\/102326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}