Universal Health Coverage in the country

Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare rolled out several initiatives to bring access to health care for everyone. Some of the steps taken by the government  to meet this aim are available HERE

“Digital health has great potential towards reducing inequity in provisioning and distribution of healthcare resources and services and it can greatly facilitate proactive treatment for disabled patients, children with developmental delays and deformities and people suffering from mental health illnesses and for those suffering from stigmatic infections such as HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis.” This was stated by Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare during his address at the Global Digital Health Partnership Symposium at Sydney, Australia, on February 21,2018. The Union Health Minister spoke on the topic: The role of digital health in supporting improved health outcomes in India. For further details read HERE

Healthy States, Progressive India

 NITI Aayog released a comprehensive Health Index report titled, “Healthy States, Progressive India” at a function in the capital on February 2,2018. The report ranks states and Union territories innovatively on their year-on-year incremental change in health outcomes, as well as, their overall performance with respect to each other. The report was released jointly by the CEO, NITI Aayog; Amitabh Kant, Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare; Preeti Sudan and World Bank India Country Director, Junaid Ahmad. It is the first attempt to establish an annual systematic tool to measure and understand the heterogeneity and complexity of the nation’s performance in Health. The report has been developed by NITI Aayog, with technical assistance from the World Bank, and in consultation with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).

To read the full report see HERE