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Meri saheli magazine online
Meri saheli magazine online Published this article There accrued a huge shortage of doctors and supporting medical staff leading to patients bound to go to private clinics There was a shortage of medical equipment drugs and pathological facilities in public health institutionshospitals were reduced to mere writing of prescriptions and patients were compelledto buy medicines from the open market ...
Meri saheli magazine online
Meri saheli magazine online Published this article The phenomenon of free market (invisible hand) was based on the individual care considered as a private good but in most of developing countries there was no improvement in quality of health care equity and efficiency for the local people while the private insurance companies consultancy firms private pharmaceutical companies and private hospitals earned p...
Meri saheli magazine online
Meri saheli magazine online Published this article This reflects Indias lowest public expenditure to health subsector. Even National Health Policy 2017 speaks of just targeting 2.5% of GDP to be spent on health. Consequently Indian people usually do not have access to quality health services. India committed earlier for universal health care (UHC) coverage by 2030 by raising public funding from 1.26%...
Meri saheli magazine online
Meri saheli magazine online Published this article According to World Health Organization (2015) under-nutrition or malnutrition is the major cause of death in 45 per cent of all deaths among children below 5 years during 1990- 2015 the proportion of underweight child...
Meri saheli magazine online
Meri saheli magazine online Published this article The policy identified 7 priority areas for improving the environment for health (a) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (b) Balanced healthy diets and regular exercises (c) Addressing tobacco alcohol and substance abuse (d) Yatri Suraksha-preventing deaths due to rail and road accidents (e) Nirbhaya Nari-action against gender violence (f) Reduced stress and ...