Shifting service delivery from ‘doctor centric’ to ‘team based’ with focus on mid-level healthcare providers (MLHP).
The MLHP and other group of such providers known as Community health officers (CHOs) are being deputed to the AB-HWCs. The CHO/MLHP approach has been made institutional and has been given legal status by their inclusion in National Medical Commission (NMC) Act, 2019 with limited prescription rights [31, 34]. This process has witnessed a number of innovations and state public universities (Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Gujarat and Jammu & Kashmir) also offering the certificate programme. These modules, have now been included in B. Sc and Post Basic Nursing Curriculum – which will enable course to be offered in 2,500 Nursing Colleges with annual admission capacity of 112,546 candidates [35].