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Center to rename National Health Mission as PM Samagra Swasthya Mission | India News

The Center is set to rename the National Health Mission as Pradhan Mantri-Samagra Swasthya Mission (PM-SSM).

An announcement to this effect is expected to be made during the meeting of the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare (CCHFW) that will meet under the chairmanship of Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya at Dehradun on Friday.

The CCHFW is an apex advisory body set up under Article 263 of the Constitution to provide support and advice to the Department of Health on policy formulation and to consider and recommend broad lines of policy in regard to matters concerning health. The health ministers