₹5 lakh per family per year. The AB-HWCs completed its fourth year of successful implementation of AB HWC on 16th April last week.
The union health ministry is organizing a week-long block-level health melas at more than 1 lakh AB-HWCs. This health mela provides the screening of tuberculosis, hypertension, diabetes, free essential drugs, diagnostics and teleconsultation to the visitors.
Recently, AB HWCs provided 3 lakh tele-consultation services in a single day surpassing the previous records of digital health services given through e-sanjeevani platform of the health ministry.
The first AB-HWC was launched in Jangla, Chhattisgarh in 2018 under Ayushman Bharat programme in a bid to move away from selective healthcare to a more comprehensive range of services spanning preventive, promotive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative care for all age groups.