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The '''National Digital Health Mission''' is an [[List of Government of India agencies|agency of the Government of India]] which seeks to provide medical [[Identity documents of India|identity document]] to Indian people. This identity document would enable people to use [[Ayushman Bharat Yojana]], which is a service in India's [[publicly funded health care]].

The program aligns with other government programs, including the [[Aadhaar]] identification program and the [[Ayushman Bharat Yojana]] healthcare program.<ref name="Dans 2020">{{cite web |last1=Dans |first1=Enrique |title=How India’s National Digital Health Mission Is Set To Revolutionize Healthcare |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/enriquedans/2020/08/17/how-indias-national-digital-health-mission-is-set-to-revolutionize-healthcare |website=[[Forbes]] |language=en |date=17 August 2020}}</ref>

Users keep the identification document as an account in a mobile app.<ref name="Firstpost August 2020">{{cite web |author1=FP Staff |title=Narendra Modi launches National Digital Health Mission; all you need to know about new health ID |url=https://www.firstpost.com/health/narendra-modi-launches-national-digital-health-mission-all-you-need-to-know-about-new-health-id-8718681.html |website=[[Firstpost]] |date=17 August 2020}}</ref>

Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] announced the establishment of the NDHM on [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]] 2020.<ref name="EH News Bureau August 2020">{{cite web |author1=EH News Bureau |title=National Digital Health Mission – Harnessing technology to strengthen healthcare in India |url=https://www.expresshealthcare.in/blogs/guest-blogs-healthcare/national-digital-health-mission-harnessing-technology-to-strengthen-healthcare-in-india/ |website=Express Healthcare |publisher=[[Indian Express Limited]] |date=29 August 2020}}</ref> In his description of the program, he said that the program would provide an identification number to everyone in the country, and that the system would manage everyone's government health records.<ref name="Chaturvedi 2020">{{cite web |last1=Chaturvedi |first1=Amit |title=Explained: What is National Digital Health Mission and how it will benefit people |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/explained-what-is-national-digital-health-mission-and-how-it-will-benefit-people/story-qOKlv3rbkrvB0aR9ZQyvdK.html |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en |date=15 August 2020}}</ref>

==Responses==
''[[Forbes]]'' remarked that because of the large population of India any precedent for data management in the NDHM would establish a model for other national health programs to study.<ref name="Dans 2020"/>

Commentators for ''[[The Ken]]'' criticized the announcement of the program for being very expensive with no publicly stated plan for either allocating money to achieve it nor for sustainably funding it in the longer term.<ref name="Singh September 2020">{{cite web |last1=Singh |first1=Seema |last2=Porecha |first2=Maitri |title=The rush and hush of India’s National Digital Health Mission |url=https://the-ken.com/story/behind-the-rush-and-hush-of-indias-digital-health-mission/ |website=[[The Ken]] |date=22 September 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://ndhm.gov.in/}}

[[Category:Medical and health government agencies of India]]
[[Category:Identity documents of India]]

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