❖ The Union government has launched a virtual NQAS assessment for Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAM) Sub-centres.

❖ This will represent a significant innovation in the quality assurance framework for public health facilities as a time and cost-saving measure.

❖ Through this system, the virtually assessed health AAM-SC will be conferred with the NQAS (National Quality Assurance Standards) certificate.

❖ The Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) guidelines, introduced in 2007 and updated periodically with the latest update in 2022.

 ❖ It set quality benchmarks for public health facilities from primary to secondary level health care facilities.