NITI Aayog creates a health index

New Delhi : Dec 25, 2005 - The National Institution for Transforming India, (NITI) Aayog, has created a Health Index to track progress in Indias health system performance and outcomes.

According to the Aayog, these domains include governance, information and health outcomes.Key inputs and processes are also included in the report.

On December 27, the think tank India will publish its fourth edition "The Healthy States and Progressive India" rankings States performance.The NITI Aayog in partnership with MoHFW (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) and World Bank launched an annual Health Index to track Overall Performance and Incremental performance on health for all States and Union Territories.

The statement stated that the Annual Health Index was created to monitor progress in health outcomes and system performance.It also encourages cross-learning between states and UTs.Health Index Scores for states and UTs can be used to determine incremental (year-to year progress) as well as overall (current performance).This exercise will help to drive the efforts of states and territories towards achieving health-related Sustainable Development Goals.

The Health Index Reports aim to encourage states and territories to improve their health system and service delivery.MOHFW has decided to link the Health Index with incentives in support of National Health Mission to emphasize the importance and value of this tool.

This report aims to change the emphasis from inputs and outputs on budget spending to results.The Health Index can be used to compare and measure the overall and incremental performance of states and territories across time.

It is also useful in understanding variations in performance across different parameters, including governance, data integrity and health outcomes.This has helped to strengthen the culture of using data at the state- and union territory-level to track performance.

It is also contributing to the agenda to improve the accessibility, quality and timeliness data in many states and union territories.The statement said that the annual performance for the states and the union territories is monitored by the government through the use of this report.

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