NITI Aayog lauds mitigation efforts of J&K govt, Dir Ayush
The Jammu and Kashmir government and Director Ayush Jammu and Kashmir played a crucial role in the Mitigation and management of Covid-19 in the Union Territory, the NITI Aayog has said.
A report on Mitigation and management of Covid-19: Compendium of Ayush-based practices from Indian States and Union Territories has been released by NITI Aayog.
“Equitable public health care delivery emerged as one of the major public health delivery challenges, and the Directorate of Ayush, J&K took the lead in popularizing the health promotion and disease prevention principles of Traditional Systems of Medicine”, it reads.
Directorate of Ayush J&K provided the much-demanded Ayush products and medicines prescribed by MoA, GoI. Directorate of Ayush, J&K reached more than 44 lakhs people through its Public Health Outreach Programs and Peripheral OPDs and awareness camps, where COVID-19 Ayush essentials were distributed among the vulnerable population, COVID-19 affected isolated and convalescents, and also for post-COVID-19 debility management, the report said.
“The Directorate of Ayush played a critical role in the Mitigation and management of COVID-19, especially in community settings with respect to health promotion and, disease prevention. Therefore, district administrations are giving an even more inclusive role to Ayush in terms of manning and managing CCCs, isolation facilities, and quarantine centres”, it read.
To popularize and promote “self-health care” through traditional health principles and practices like Yoga-Pranayama, use of home and Ayush remedies for prevention, prophylaxis, and management of a spectrum of illnesses associated with COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 debility management (health restoration), it added.
The other initiatives include making Ayush immunity boosters accessible to the public, healthcare workers, other frontline workers, and other vulnerable groups through the outreach program. And to make Ayush immunity boosters accessible to the public, healthcare workers, other frontline workers, and other vulnerable groups through the outreach program.
It is pertinent to mention here that Dr Mohan Singh is the current Director Ayush, Jammu and Kashmir.
