The health register, first-of-its-kind, will be a robust and standardized health repository of all the citizens of the state.
The Karnataka state government has almost completed a door-to-door survey of all households through a team of primary health centre workers, revenue officials, education department officials, and ASHAKORI (Accredited Social Health Activist) karyakartasin the state to identify people at risk of Covid-19.
This project is part of the state government’s efforts to keep a close vigil on the spread of the virus.
This will be first implemented in Chikkaballapur district on an experimental basis. InCOVID-19 situation a real-time accurate public health data is a necessity.
The step will also help efficient resource allocation and better execution of various citizen-centric schemes in the state by prioritising healthcare based on geography, demography and other targeted measures.
The project will have a fifty per cent partnership of private hospitals.