NITI Aayog launches the National Index for Performance on Health Outcomes
A
‘Performance on Health Outcomes’ index, spearheaded by NITI Aayog along
with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, to nudge States towards
transformative action in the Health sector was launched today at NITI
Aayog, New Delhi. Shri C.K.
Mishra, Secretary-Health and Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO NITI Aayog jointly
released the guidebook for the exercise in the first of a series of
regional workshops to be conducted across the country until February.
The
features of the index, measures and methods of data submission will be
disseminated to the States through these workshops. The index has been
developed over several months, with inputs from domestic and
international experts, including academicians and development partners,
seeking feedback from States through multiple iterations and pre-testing
the indicators in two States prior to its finalization. It is meant to
capture the annual incremental improvements by States, rather than focus
on historical achievements.
It
includes indicators in the domains of health outcomes governance and
information and a few key inputs and processes. This initiative is
envisioned to bring about the much required improvements in social
sector outcomes, which have not kept pace with the economic growth in
this country. It will be used to propel action in the States to improve
health outcomes and improve data collection systems.
Monitorable
indicators that form a part of Sustainable Development Goal in Health
have been included in order to align these initiatives. It is
anticipated that this health index will assist in State level monitoring
of performance, serve as an input for providing performance based
incentives and improvement in health outcomes, thereby also meeting the
citizens’ expectations.
The
exercise involves the participation of several partners including
technical assistance from the World Bank, mentor agencies to hand-hold
States, where required, during the exercise and third party
organizations to validate the data submitted prior to calculation of the
index. Data will be entered and results published on a dynamic web
portal hosted by NITI Aayog.
A similar exercise has also been launched for the Education and Water sectors.
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