Guwahati: The 5th National Summit on Good and Replicable Practices and Innovations in Public Health Care Systems in India began at Kaziranga in Assam on Tuesday.
Union Health Minister J. P Nadda inaugurated the three-day summit at Borgos Resort in presence Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Union Minister of state for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey.
Addressing the summit, Nadda stressed on perform reform and transform as emphasised by Prime Minister.
The objective of the summit is to share and learn the good practices being implemented by several states and organizations for the betterment of the health sector.
Senior officials, public health experts, and experts from academic institutions are participating in the summit.
Altogether, 300 practices and innovations have been showcased during these summits. Out of them, many have been scaled up as national initiatives under National Health Mission and many others have been adopted by other states after customizing to their contexts.
Since the beginning, 4 Summits were held since 2013 (Srinagar 2013, Shimla 2015, Tirupati 2016, Indore 2017).
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