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
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...
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...
This discussion note is on health system and coverage.
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...
Background: According to the World Health Organization, "there is no health without mental health" underlines mental health is an integral and essential component of health. Indeed, mental health can be defined as a state of well-being enabling individuals to realize their abilities, cope with the everyday stresses of life, work...
Background: World Health Organization states that the diseases that can be spread directly or indirectly from one person to another are infectious. Pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi, cause infectious or communicable diseases. Bites transmit, some from insects or animals, and others are acquired by ingesting contaminated...
