Important Facts For Prelims
AarogyaPath: CSIR
- 15 Jun 2020
- 2 min read
Why in News
The government has launched an information platform 'AarogyaPath' to provide real-time availability of critical healthcare supplies for manufacturers, suppliers and customers.
- It is a Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) National Healthcare Supply Chain Portal.
Key Points
- It is an integrated public platform that provides single-point availability of key healthcare goods such as medical equipment, drugs, apparel, etc.
- Vision:
- To set up an information management and forecasting database platform at national level to capture demand and supply scenarios for key healthcare needs items.
- CSIR expects AarogyaPath to become the national healthcare information platform of choice in the years to come, filling a critical gap in last-mile delivery of patient care within India through improved availability and affordability of healthcare supplies.
- Beneficiaries: Hospitals, Pathology laboratories, Research institutes, Medical colleges and Individual patients. It will also create opportunities for business expansion due to an expanded network of buyers and visibility of new requirements for products.
- Importance in Situations like a Pandemic (Covid-19):
- Anticipated shortages can be addressed and met at national level.
- Opportunistic Pricing, hoarding and over- forecasting can be checked.
- Over- production can be avoided. This would help to reduce wastage of resources.
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
- It was established by the Government of India in September 1942 as an autonomous body. It comes under the Ministry of Science & Technology.
- It is known for its cutting edge research and development knowledge base in diverse science and technology areas.
- It has been ranked first in the Nature Ranking Index-2020.
- The Nature Index provides close to a real-time proxy of high-quality research output and collaboration at the institutional, national and regional level.
