Dimapur: Nagaland health & family welfare minister P Paiwang Konyak has appealed to the Centre to review the National Health Mission (NHM) resource allocation formula, seeking greater weightage for terrain, remoteness, population dispersion and the minimum cost of sustaining essential health services, instead of relying predominantly on population.Addressing the 16th conference of the Central Council of Health & Family Welfare in New Delhi on Monday, Konyak called for adoption of region-specific budgeting under centrally sponsored schemes to reflect higher construction and logistics costs in hilly and remote states, an official statement said on Tuesday.The conference was graced by Union health & family welfare minister J P Nadda and attended by health & family welfare ministers from various states and Union territories.Acknowledging the central government for continued support in strengthening healthcare services in Nagaland, Konyak said the state remained committed to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being).He highlighted Nagaland’s efforts to build an equitable, resilient and accessible healthcare system and sought central support for modernisation and upgradation of ageing health infrastructure at primary, secondary and tertiary levels.Konyak also appealed to Nadda to favourably consider the issues “in the spirit of cooperative federalism and equitable development.”He expressed confidence that the conference would strengthen India’s collective commitment towards building a more resilient, inclusive and equitable healthcare system.
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