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Can National Health Policy 2017 help in achieving Universal Health Care ?

National Health Policy 2017

National Health Policy 2017

National Health Policy 1983 and 2002 has transformed the health system in India.

Infant mortality rate, Maternal mortality rate has come down, availability of doctors has increased, improvement in healthcare infrastructure, free medicines in government hospitals and multiple government schemes to eradicate the diseases like TB (TB Harega, Desh Jitega) by 2030.

To make healthcare more robust, National Health Policy 2017 was enacted. The policy seeks to reach all the citizens, promote healthcare wellness, quality healthcare without facing financial hardship and universal coverage.

National Health Policy 2017

The mentioned targets in the NHP 2017 is to increase the life expectancy at birth from 67.5 to 70 years by 2025, reduce MMR (maternal mortality rate), IMR (infant mortality rate) and neonatal mortality by significant numbers.

 The reduction in diseases like TB, HIV, Leprosy and premature mortality due to cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Increase the government and state-government expenses in healthcare, improving the infrastructure, human resources and better management, increasing immunization in newborn babies and many more.

The government schemes should be monitored periodically, uninformed audits of the hospitals. Hospital beds, ICUs and ventilators should be increased, a balanced diet should be promoted. The government should work on the indexes like human development index and happiness index.

Schools should ensure that all the students are fully immunized. As said, a healthy nation is easy to govern and easy in enhancing the economy. This way, we can enhance health care and accomplish the SDG Goal-3, that is about health care in a country.

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