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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's Learning Management Information System (LMIS), SAKSHAM (Stimulating Advanced Knowledge for Sustainable Health Management), has been adopted by the Union Health Ministry.
Facts about SAKSHAM
- SAKSHAM functions as a thorough digital learning platform that makes online training and medical education available to all healthcare professionals in the country.
- Developed by National Institute of Health & Family Welfare (NIHFW).
- Objective: To enable inclusive capacity building among health professionals, from those working in tertiary care and corporate hospitals in metropolitan cities to those in rural and remote primary health centres.
- Coverage: Over 200 public health and 100 clinical courses are currently available online through SAKSHAM: LMIS.
- Prospects: A centralised resource repository for training and teaching materials will be created as part of Saksham. It will also serve as a central database for trained healthcare professionals.
