The National Health Mission (NHM) has been constituted by GOI to improve the health status of population. The NHM will address the issues relating to low public health expenditure, lack of community ownership, vast regional differences in health indicators, lack of integrated and holistic perspective on health care. The Mission has been constituted to provide effective health care to the rural& urban population throughout the country with special focus on 18 states, which includes Uttar Pradesh and aim to introduce systemic changes in health care delivery system by improving the quality, access and demand aspects of health services. Improved management of health programmes, resulting in higher efficiency and effectiveness levels is the key focus area of this Mission.

The Mission of NHM is to “facilitate an improved health status and quality of life of the urban &rural population, with unequivocal and explicit emphasis on results driven, integrated, decentralized, participatory and innovative approaches to health services”. The NHM is an integrated approach in bringing about a dramatic improvement in health system and the health status of the people. The mission seeks to provide universal access to equitable, affordable and quality health care services, which is accountable and responsive to the need of the people. The program has been launched by GOI on 12th April 2005 and by Government of Uttar Pradesh on 7 th September 2005.

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