Days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proposed to launch an integrated health mission to pep up urban health, the Union health ministry has started giving final shape to the `17,000-crore National Urban Health Mission.

Senior officials in the health ministry revealed that EFC note has been finalised and will be circulated this week. The NUHM aims to benefit the urban poor in seven metros and 772 cities with a population of more than 50,000.