DAVOS: India is making best investments in the health sector by strengthening Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) and initiating the Future Health Districts programmes, according to experts during the World Economic Forum 2026 (WEF) Annual Meeting.
While the ABDM, launched in September 2021, is the government's flagship initiative to create a unified, national digital health ecosystem, the Future Health Districts project has been launched as a collaboration between the WEF and India. It serves as a testing ground for the ABDM.
Under the ABDM programme, more than 850 million citizens in India hold ABHA digital IDs, with approximately 454, 000 health facilities and 767, 000 professionals registered to date. More than 842 million digital records in the country have also been linked.