India’s health plans catch Dutch interest
NEW DELHI : The Netherlands is in talks with Indian health officials to try and understand the playbook of the country’s two flagship health schemes—Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) and Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM). Dutch officials visited the offices of the National Health Authority (NHA) last week against the backdrop of plans by the Netherlands to roll out a digital genetic passport for Dutch citizens that aims to identify citizens by their susceptibility to hereditary diseases, an Indian official said.
PM-JAY aims to provide a health cover of ₹5 lakh per family per year to 500 million individuals that make up the poorest 40% of the population, while ABDM aims to establish a digital health ID for every Indian for consent-based access to health records. “The idea of the meeting with the Dutch delegations was to give them an introduction to our work, and the role NHA is playing in public health via PM-JAY and digital health mission.
They were more interested in ABDM and wanted to have a comprehensive overview of how we are implementing this in our country," the official said. “The Netherlands has pitched for every (Dutch) patient to have a ‘genetic passport’ so that diseases which are inherited genetically are well documented via digital health mission," the official added, requesting anonymity.
The talks on ABDM are at an initial stage and may require more consultations to arrive at any conclusion, said the official. A spokesperson at the Netherlands Embassy confirmed the meeting.
“In addition, the Dutch delegation was shown the Public Health Observatory, an impressive cockpit for public health and care data. In addition to this, the Dutch delegation learned about the way India is
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