Deen Dayal Mobile Health Clinic

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Deen Dayal Mobile Health Clinic is a program in Madhya Pradesh, India that uses mobile health clinics to provide medical care to rural and disadvantaged populations. [1]

Each van is GPS-enabled and is staffed with a doctor, nurse, lab attendant and pharmacist. [2] The vans, or Mobile Medical Units (MMUs), were operational in 1998 under the name Jeewan Jyoti Yojana, although the program relaunched in 2006 under its current name. [3]

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References

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