Social Endeavor for Health and Telemedicine (SEHAT) - telemedicine initiative

Q.  SEHAT is related to
- Published on 18 Jul 16

a. Telemedicine
b. Nutrition Mission
c. Universal immunization
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Telemedicine
 
  • Social Endeavor for Health and Telemedicine (SEHAT) is a telemedicine health initiative in India launched in August 2015.
  • SEHAT initiative was launched with the motive to offer telemedicine center in rural areas of India where the people in rural areas can consult doctors online and also order generic drugs.
  • Under the scheme Common Service Centers (CSC) with the support of Apollo and Medanta Hospital telemedicine services was already being offered in many areas.
  • Now with the launch of SEHAT health initiative Common Service Centers (CSC) will be extended to 60,000 centers in different cities of India.
  • Apollo Hospitals has opened India’s first telemedicine centre in 2000 in Aragonda, Andhra Pradesh, which was inaugurated by Bill Clinton, the then president of the US.

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