NITI
Aayog has launched SATH…
A program providing ‘Sustainable
Action for Transforming Human Capital’ with the State Governments.
The vision of the program is to
initiate transformation in the education and health sectors. The program
addresses the need expressed by many states for technical support from NITI.
SATH aim is to identify and build three future
‘role model’ states for health systems.
NITI will work in close
collaboration with their state machinery to design a robust roadmap of
intervention, develop a program governance structure, set up monitoring and
tracking mechanisms, hand-hold state institutions through the execution stage
and provide support on a range of institutional measures to achieve the end
objectives.
The program will be implemented by
NITI along with McKinsey & Company and IPE Global Consortium, who were
selected through a competitive bidding process.
To select the three model states, NITI defined a
three-stage process –
* expression of interest,
* presentations by the states and
* assessment
of commitment to health sector reforms.
NITI invited all states and UTs to
participate in the program. Sixteen states expressed prima facie interest, of
which fourteen made their presentations. Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,
Chandigarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh,
Odisha, Punjab, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh presented their project proposal to
a Committee headed by Member of NITI Aayog: Bibek Debroy and comprising of CEO,
Amitabh Kant as well as a representative from the Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare.
Of these fourteen states, five have been
shortlisted. Subsequently, three will be selected on the basis of further
evaluations and objective assessment of criteria affecting the potential for
impact and likelihood of success.
Metrics such as MMR, IMR, the
incidence of malaria and others have been considered for determining potential
impact while the density of doctors and nurses, compliance to IPHS norms are
some of the metrics used to determine the likelihood of success. The program
will be launched in the three selected states after the signing of MoUs.
