Public Health
The National Health Policy (NHP) of 1983 and the NHP of 2002 have served well in guiding the approach for the health sector in the Five-Year Plans. However, the context around public health has changed in four major ways.
- The health priorities are changing. Although maternal and child mortality have rapidly declined, there is growing burden on account of non-communicable diseases and some infectious diseases.
- There is emergence of a robust health care industry estimated to be growing at double digit.
- Growing incidences of catastrophic expenditure due to health care costs, which are presently estimated to be one of the major ....
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