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of children for giving birth in a government or accredited private health facility. The scheme focuses on poor
pregnant woman with a special dispensation for states that have low institutional delivery rates.
Janani Suraksha Yojana was launched in April 2005 by modifying the National Maternity Benefit Scheme (NMBS).
The NMBS came into effect in August 1995 as one of the components of the National Social Assistance Programme
(NSAP). The scheme was transferred from the Ministry of Rural Development to the Department of Health &
Family Welfare during the year 2001-02. The NMBS provides for financial assistance of Rs. 500/- per birth up to
two live births to the pregnant women who have attained 19 years of age and belong to the below poverty line
(BPL) households. States were classified into Low Performing States and High Performing States on the basis of
institutional delivery rate i.e. states having institutional delivery 25% or less were termed as Low Performing
States (LPS) and those which have institutional delivery rate more than 25% were classified as High Performing
States (HPS). The scheme also provides performance based incentives to women health volunteers known as
ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) for promoting institutional delivery among pregnant women.
17. Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) (2004)
Government of India initiated Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) in 2004 with the aim to detect and
respond to outbreaks of epidemic prone diseases. A Central Surveillance Unit (CSU) at Delhi, State Surveillance
Units (SSU) at all State/UT head quarters and District Surveillance Units (DSU) at all Districts in the country have
been established.
Mission of IDSP is to strengthen the disease surveillance in the country by establishing a decentralized State
based surveillance system for epidemic prone diseases to detect the early warning signals, so that timely and
effective public health actions can be initiated in response to health challenges in the country at the Districts,
State and National level. Objective of IDSP is to strengthen/maintain decentralized laboratory based IT enabled
disease surveillance system for epidemic prone diseases to monitor disease trends and to detect and respond to
outbreaks in early rising phase through trained Rapid Response Team (RRTs)
18. National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) (2003)
The National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) is an umbrella programme for prevention and
control of Vector borne diseases. Earlier the Vector Borne Diseases were managed under separate National Health
Programmes, but now NVBDCP covers all 6 Vector borne diseases namely: 1. Malaria 2. Dengue 3. Chikungunya
4. Japanese Encephalitis 5. Kala-Azar 6. Filaria (Lymphatic Filariasis). The National Vector Borne Disease Control
Programme (NVBDCP) is the programme for prevention & control of these vector borne diseases as an integral
part of the National Health Mission (NHM) of India. The NVBDCP envisages a self-sustained and well informed,
healthy India free from vector borne diseases with equitable access to quality health care services nearest to their
residences. The Programme activities are directed in a way to meet with the Millennium Development Goal of
halting and reversing the incidence of malaria and other vector borne diseases by the year 2015.
19. National AIDS Control Programme (1992)
National AIDS Control Organization is a division of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare that provides
leadership to HIV/AIDS control programme in India through 35 HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Societies. In 1992
India’s first National AIDS Control Programme (1992-1999) was launched, and National AIDS Control Organization
(NACO) was constituted to implement the programme. Over time, the focus has shifted from raising awareness
to behavior change, from a national response to a more decentralized response and to increasing involvement of
NGOs and networks of PLHIV.