'Ayush Sanjivani', mobile app launched by the Ministry of AYUSH & MEITY

'Ayush Sanjivani', launched by Ministry of AYUSH & MEITY. It is a feedback app for analyzing the AYUSH interventions and advisories for boosting immunity during COVID-19. It aims to reach to 50 lakh people.

Delhi, The Ministry of AYUSH with MEITY launched the 'Ayush Sanjivani' mobile application for understanding the measures adopted by public for enhancing immunity and keeping themselves healthy in the difficult COVID-19 situation, as tweeted also.

• This app helps in electronic documentation for studying population behaviour.
• With this app, how the public is responding to all the guidelines and other advises issued by AYUSH Ministry especially for immunity enhancement will also be examined.
• Any other measures as told by AYUSH practitioners and used by general public again for immunity enhancement and disease prevention, will also be documented through the app.

Ayush Sanjivani. Courtesy, Ministry of AYUSH

Ayush Sanjivani. Courtesy, Ministry of AYUSH

All this data which is generated by using the app will be further analyzed to understand that how effectively the AYUSH guidelines and other recommendations are used in maintaining health by enhancing immunity.

In order to study and analyse the health seeking behaviours of the public, following organisations have come together:-

• Central Research Councils of AYUSH
• The National Institutes of AYUSH
• Different AYUSH educational institutions and state governments bodies

With the sample size of 1 million for this study, this becomes one of of the largest in any discipline of medicine. Ministry also says that all those who choose to give information through this app will be making a significant contribution to the study of public health in the country.