SAKSHAM- LMIS

• 12 May 2023

Why in News?

The Union Health Ministry has introduced the SAKSHAM (Stimulating Advanced Knowledge for Sustainable Health Management), a Learning Management Information System (LMIS) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

What is SAKSHAM?

• About:
  • SAKSHAM serves as a comprehensive digital learning platform for offering online training and medical education to all healthcare professionals across the country.
• Developed By:
  • National Institute of Health & Family Welfare (NIHFW).
• Objective:
  • The platform aims to ensure inclusive capacity building among health professionals, ranging from those working in rural and remote primary health centers to those in metropolitan cities' tertiary care and corporate hospitals.
• Coverage:
  • Currently, SAKSHAM: LMIS hosts over 200 public health and 100 clinical courses, accessible through online mode.
• Prospects:
  • Saksham will be developed as a centralized resource repository for training and teaching material.
    • It will also act as a central database of trained healthcare professionals in the country.

What is the National Institute of Health & Family Welfare?

• Establishment: NIHFW was established on 9^th March 1977, under the autonomous Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
• Mandate: NIHFW's primary mandate is to act as a think tank for the promotion of health and family welfare programs in the country.
  • It is also the premier organization for capacity building through training of health professionals, frontline health workers such as Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) and Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANMs) and other central and state officers & healthcare staff.

Source: PIB