What is Institutional Delivery? It means giving birth to a child in a medical institution under the overall supervision of trained and competent health personnel. It also signifies an availability of amenities to handle the situation and save the life of the mother and child. Recent trends of Institutional Deliveries in India: The share of India’s institutional deliveries increased to …
Context: World Health Organization (WHO) presented new guidelines on abortion care. Significance on New Guidelines: WHO claimed, would prevent more than 25 million unsafe abortions annually. The new guidelines include recommendations on many simple interventions at the primary care level that improve the quality of abortion care provided to women and girls. The new guidelines will support interested countries to …
Utility: A direct question can be asked on Rural Healthcare due to COVID. Also, content can be used in Essays/Answers related to health. Facts: Out of 139 crore population of India, at least 91 crore people are living in 649,481 villages. There is a growing incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension, diabetes, cancer …
Context: The National Health Authority (NHA) has initiated a consultation process on the retention of health data by health-care providers in India. Health Data Retention Policy of India: The National Health Authority (NHA) released a consultation paper on a proposed health data retention policy. Data retention is the practice of storing and managing personal health data for …
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15th Fc on Heath: 15th Finance commission recommended a health grant of 70,000 crore which is to be released over the next 5 years. Out of this nearly 8000 crore was released to urban and rural local bodies. This would be 2.3% of the total health expenditure. This has the potential of having a huge …
Context: With the rise in non-communicable diseases, the requirement of palliative care is a must. What is palliative care? WHO defined palliative care as the active total care of patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment. This type of care is focused on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of the illness. The …
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Background: During the Pandemic, Ayurveda based self-medication was promoted. But no attempt was made to educate people with the correct ingredients like Giloy or Dalcheeni. Many Ayurveda physicians claimed successful treatment of Covid, but none were recorded and researched. The coordination between ICMR and AYUSH could have helped in better management of the pandemic. Why the Ayurveda …
Background: Right from the days of smallpox, vaccines were designed for all age groups. However, after the smallpox eradication and launch of an expanded programme on immunisation (EPI), there were efforts to increase vaccination for children. But as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that there is a need to take stock of the status of …
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Summary: India’s public health expenditure remains one of the lowest among major economies in the world. It needs to do more to achieve decent standards of healthcare for all. Facts: India’s annual spend on Health care is around ₹2,000 per capita. India’s annual health budget has stayed barely above 1% of gross domestic product (GDP) …
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Facts: Physical infrastructure: India has 1.3 beds per 1,000 people; 0.5 pharmacists per 1,000 people & 0.8 physicians per 1,000 people This is less than half of the world average. Funding: Economic Survey 2020-21 observed that India ranks 179th among 189 countries in prioritizing health care in the government budget. The public expenditure on health …
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