2.54 crore Indians now have unique digital health IDs under ABHA initiative

Prelims-testable facts

• 01Tamil Nadu has scaled up the creation of ABHA, covering 2.54 crore people so far.
• 02ABHA is a 14-digit unique health identifier created using an Aadhaar number.
• 03ABHA is a key feature of the Union government's Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) launched in 2021.
• 04The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission aims to enable a digital health records ecosystem.
• 05Tamil Nadu has been at the forefront of implementing the ABDM, with a significant number of people covered under ABHA.
• 06ABHA uses an Aadhaar number to create a unique 14-digit identifier for each individual's health record.
• 07The Union government launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission in 2021 as part of its efforts to improve healthcare infrastructure.

Trap alerts

• Most people think that ABHA is only for rural areas, but actually it covers both urban and rural populations.
• Most people think that ABHA requires a separate registration process, but actually it uses an existing Aadhaar number.
• Most people think that the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission was launched in 2020, but actually it was launched in 2021.