• Government of India launched a National Initiative ‘Kayakalp’ on 15th May 2015 as an
extension of 'Swachh Bharat Mission' to ensure hygiene, sanitation and cleanliness in
Public Health Facilities in India.
• Initiated from District hospitals in 2015, the scheme expanded to PHC level (2016) and
then covered all Urban Health Facilities by 2017.
• Those District Hospitals, Sub-divisional hospitals, Community Health Centres, Primary
Health Centres and Health & Wellness Centres in public healthcare system who have
achieved high level of cleanliness, hygiene and infection control were recognised and
felicitated with award.
o For the holistic and comprehensive improvement across the health sector, the
Kayakalp scheme was extended to private sector health facilities.
• The objectives of the award scheme are:
o 1) To inculcate a culture of ongoing assessment and peer review of performance
related to hygiene, sanitation and infection control.
o 2) To incentivize and recognize public healthcare facilities that show exemplary
performance in adhering to standard protocols of cleanliness, infection control and
sanitation,
o 3) To create and share sustainable practices related to improving cleanliness in
public health facilities which lead to positive health outcomes.
Swachh Swasth Sarvatra
• Encouraged by the success of Kayakalp initiative, MoHFW had collaborated with
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (Jal Shakti Mantralaya is formed by
integrating the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga
Rejuvenation and Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation) and launched an
integrated scheme under Swachh Bharat Mission named as "Swachh Swasth Sarvatra"
in December 2016.The aim of this scheme is to strengthen Community Health Centres in open defecation
free (ODF) blocks across the country along with behavioural change to enable them
achieve higher levels of cleanliness and hygiene with the goal of making India free of
open defecation.
• Three broad objectives of this scheme are:
o 1. Enabling Gram Panchayat where Kayakalp awarded PHCs are located to become
ODF.
o 2. Strengthening Community Health Centre (CHC) in ODF blocks to achieve higher
level of cleanliness to meet Kayakalp standards through a support of Rs 10 Lakh
under NHM.
o 3. Build capacity through training in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) of
nominees from covered PHC and CHC.
• Highlighting the fact that the success stories of Kayakalp are not limited to India.
o It has also been internationally applauded during 72nd World Health Assembly,
held on 20-28th May 2019.
o The success of Kayakalp is duly recognized in Global Baseline Report 2019
published by WHO, UNICEF and JMP