What is Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP)?

Context: The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare launched the Integrated Health
Information Platform (IHIP), the next-generation highly refined version of the presently used
Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP).

Analysis:

• The new version of IHIP will house the data entry and management for India’s disease
surveillance program.
• In addition to tracking 33 diseases now as compared to the earlier 18 diseases, it shall ensure
near-real-time data in digital mode, having done away with the paper-mode of working.
• It is in sync with the National Digital Health Mission and fully compatible with the other digital
information systems presently being used in India.
Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP)
• The Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) segment of Integrated Health
Information Platform (IHIP) aims to strengthen the disease surveillance in the country by
establishing a decentralized State-based surveillance system for epidemic prone diseases to
detect the early warning signals, so that timely and effective public health actions can be
initiated in response to health challenges in the country at the Districts, State, and National level.
• It has been established under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
• An alert is when a sizeable number of cases from a region are reported.
• The reports include specific villages from where the cases emerged, the mode of diagnosis, and
the steps taken by the authorities to control the outbreak