In India, a Doubly Neglected Tropical Disease
This article by Monika Mondal was originally published on Undark.
Healthcare203011
The idea behind Heath Care 2030 is to host a series of policy round tables, publications, expert consultation in the form of interviews, Informal seminars to enable an ecosystem in the context of access to universal health coverage as outlined in the SDG 3.8. To give focus to the entire project following themes have been selected: RMNCH, Infectious Diseases, NCDs, Mental Health, Injuries, Health coverage & health system, Nutrition, Health risks and diseases outbreak, manpower, financing, AYUSH
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Global Injustice Is the Barrier to Sustainable Development
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Nutrition
BACKGROUND Nutrition is central to the achievement of other National and Global Sustainable Development Goals. Food has a direct relation to maternal and child health. Poor nutrition among children is directly related to inadequate or unbalanced diet, leading to chronic illness (The Burden of Disease in India, WHO, 2005). The...
Health Financing
BACKGROUND As defined by the WHO, health financing refers to the “function of a health system concerned with the mobilisation, accumulation and allocation of money to cover the health needs of the people, individually and collectively, in the health system”. TABLE 1. Health expenditures in Indian healthcare Year The population...
Health System & Coverage
This discussion note is on health system and coverage.
Health Manpower & Development
BACKGROUND Human resource for health services has been described as the "heart of the health system in a country" (National Health Policy, 2018). Human resources or health workers means all those responsible for providing the essential services of public health directly or indirectly regardless of the organization in which they...