Village Health and Outreach Programme: A New Arrival in Rural Health Care in Assam

This article is about the current health care system in Assam especially in rural areas. It also highlights the current status of Health in rural Assam along with its various initiatives from time to time. The article has been written with the aim to highlight the various approaches taken by National Rural Health Mission in Assam to improve the health condition of rural people. To highlight the innovativeness of Government of Assam to increase the health services coverage to the remotest part, a programme called as “Village Health Outreach Programme (VHOP)” has been projected. The VHOP programme can be considered among the most creative initiative of the Government of Assam to cover the unserved rural population by the basic health care services. The programme was launched in 2011, since than has been able to impact measurably in bring the underprivileged rural masses under roof of Rural Health Care Services of Assam.