The Government of India has renamed the Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWC) into Ayushman Arogya Mandir. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has directed the State and the Union Territories governments to make the necessary changes to the Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWC) portal.
The government has also changed the tagline of the AB-HWC to 'Arogyam Paramam Dhanam'.
The Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres are part of the government of India's flagship programme, “Ayushman Bharat”.
The government of India launched the Ayushman Bharat Scheme as per the National Health Policy 2017 to achieve the goal of Universal Health Coverage in India.
The Government of India's flagship health programme, the Ayushman Bharat Scheme, has been designed to meet the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its underlying commitment to "leave no one behind."
The National Health Authority, under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, is implementing the Ayushman Bharat Scheme.
Ayushman Bharat's scheme is designed to offer a comprehensive need-based healthcare service unlike the earlier sectoral and segmented approach to healthcare service in India.
The scheme aims at prevention, promotion and ambulatory care at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels.
Ayushaman Bharat comprises two interrelated components,
The government of India announced in February 2018 that it would set up 1,50,000 Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) by transforming the existing Sub Centres and Primary Health Centres in the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the first Ayushman Bharat Health Wellness Center at Jangla in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on 14th April 2018.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) on 23rd September 2018 in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
The PM-JAY was earlier called the National Health Protection Scheme.
In 2018, the government of India merged the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) launched in 2008 with the National Health Protection scheme and renamed it as Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.
Chief Executive Officer of National Health Authority: Dr Ram Sewak Sharma
AB-HDWC/AB-HWC : Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centers (Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres)
PET-JAY (PM-JAY): Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana/Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana