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b) Vision:

i. To establish a holistic wellness model based on Ayush principles and
practices

ii. To empower masses for self-care to reduce the disease burden and out of
pocket expenditure and to provide informed choice services to the needy

public.
c) Objective:

i. To provide comprehensive primary healthcare through Ayush systems of
medicine using team-based approach

ii. To establish a holistic wellness model based on Ayush principles and
practices focusing on preventive, promotive, curative, rehabilitative

healthcare by establishing integration with existing public healthcare
system

iii. To provide informed choice to the needy public by making AYUSH services
available.

d) Key Principles: Functional integration with existing establishment for
providing comprehensive care by using Standard protocols and guidelines,

up-gradation of infrastructure, community mobilisation for self-care, sensitization
& capacity building of health care providers, expansion of services, linkages

with higher-level facilities and documentation with the help of IT platform
are the highlights of the activities.

e) Ayush Wellness Interventions:
i. Preventive and promotive measures for self-care

a. Awareness about easy-to-follow healthy practices specific to daily
routine (Dinacharya) and season/weather specific routine (Ritucharya)

b. Mass awareness programmes by considering locally prevalent
traditional practices and resources in the region.

c. Yoga- Yoga sessions by a qualified Yoga instructor for general health
of promotion.

d. Assessment of Prakriti (psycho somatic constitution) of an individual
ii. Medicinal plants for self-care: The community is being encouraged to

grow important medicinal plants in the pots, kitchen gardens, home
streets, parks, schools, village common land- in the region with awareness

about their use in simple illnesses.
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