Nada India Foundation News update

The erstwhile health policy through an incremental approach had identified the need of new investments in the public health sector. It had also created a vision of investment of 2.5% of Indian GDP for the health sector by 2025 to create a self reliant and  Atmanirbhar bharat . States  were directed to spend more than 8% of their state budget for the public health sector.  *Anandajit Goswami, PhD Good Health Champion Awardee  Recent NSSO data shows that India has 20 health workers per 20,000 people. As per WHO standard, the minimum number should be 22. While India was earlier poised at 19 and has now increased to 20, we still have not achieved the milestone of 22. Moreover, though, more than 70% of these people are in rural India, only 30% of the health work- force is in the rural sector.  Majority of the health work- force is also employed in the private sector. The work force comprises nurses and they are spread over a wide range of health relat...