Healthy India

 

Vision      :        Healthy India

 

Mission    :        Primary Care & Emergency Care for all Indians round the clock

 

Health is a fundamental requirement of any nation more so in a Developing Nations like India. Indian Economy is growing; considerable improvements in the  Health indication such as Infant mortality & life expectation has  happened. Still universal access to Health Care remains a distant reality.

According to the Economic Survey 2009-10, only 13% of the rural populations have access to a primary health care centre, only 33% have access to a sub-centre, barely 9.6% to a hospital and just 28.3%  to a dispensary or clinic.

Although Efforts have been undertaken, both by individuals and organizations, the situation is still far from encouraging. Lack of awareness about preventive measures and treatment, low levels of basic healthcare facilities, inadequate physicians and trained medical personnel, sanitation and minimal access to potable water are few of the key concern areas that need immediate attention.

Health experts are of the opinion that the has come to reclaim public health and make a paradigm shift from a policy-based entitlement for healthcare to a rights based entitlement.

 

Fact files

• Chronic diseases are rising, while infectious diseases continue to afflict Indian patients. India has the world’s highest prevalence of tuberculosis (TB), 60% of the world’s heart disease, while malaria has staged a comeback after its near eradication in the 196s.
• An estimated 40.9 million Indians suffer from diabetes (the highest number in the world) and 30 million are infected with the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)
• Millions die from curable diseases such as TB and malaria that could have been prevented or treated with existing medications
• According to a study published by the Ministry of Health, a villager commutes an average 2.2 km to reach the nearest health centre for a paracetamol tablet, more than 6 km for a blood test, and nearly 20 km for hospital are
• Let’s not prolong ‘unstacking’ this!
• According to the latest data on rural health statistics, a huge number of posts sanctioned for medical staff in primary and community health centers have been lying vacant. In case of primary health centres, the vacancies stack up to 5,224 doctors, 7,243 health care workers and 1701 health assistants , respectively
• As many as 4,026 sanctioned posts for specialists are up for grabs, while that of pharamacists are 5,000
• Although 70% of Indians live in semi-urban and rural areas, 80% of health are facilities lie in urban zones. Due to such lopsided development, a 2008 WHO study ranked India 171 among 175 countries in public health spending.
• With more than 1.2 billion people, India needs more trained healthcare personnel, particularly in rural areas, to combat anaemia, child malnutrition, malaria, tuberculosis and diarrhea, which are still prevalent, despite being preventable and curable.
• As per a Planning Commission study, the country is short of six  lakh doctors, 10 lakh nurses and 2 lakh dental surgeons.
• For every 10000 Indians, there is only one doctor. Though there is an annual demand for 30000 specialised doctors, only 12000 post-graduate students pass out annually.

 

Health care must be included as an infrastructyre category.
Health must became a constitutional  & right Indians
Healthy India can only be a strong of India.
Let us strive to reach to a Healthy India
 

We are yet to reach our goal of health for all. Access to and affordability of healthcare, especially for the underprivileged and marginalized sections of society, in particular women and children, remain under- accomplished tasks – President Prathiba Patil

Letter to Prime Minister:-

• Accessible Affordable Healthcare by empowering MBBS Doctors
• Ayushman Bharat Health Scheme
• IMA White Paper On Promotion Of Family Medicine
• Position Statement on Indian Healthcare
• Restructuring MCI
• White Paper on Rural Health India