Privatisation of Health Sector

There are three main elements of health care: prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. However, the state infrastructure is unable to meet these three elements productively. This calls for dire engagement of the private players in the healthcare sector. What makes entry ..

National Medical Commission Bill, 2016

The NITI Ayog has introduced the National Medical Commission Bill, 2016 which would be extending to the whole country recently in order to create world class educational system.  The bill seeks to repeal Indian Medical Council Act 1956 and be ..

Health as a Justifiable Fundamental Rights

There has always been a lingering question so as to make Right to Health as a fundamental right similar to right to education. The draft national health policy, 2015 proposes the following formulation- “the Center shall enact, after due discussion ..

Right to Health in the Constitution of India

Right to Health is not included as an explicit fundamental right in the Indian Constitution. Most provisions related to health are in Part-IV {Directive Principles}. These are: Article 38 says that the state will secure a social order for the ..

Universal Health Coverage in India: Various Issues

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is free access to healthcare to all, enabled and guaranteed by the government and provided by public as well as private sector. UHC is now widely adopted by many other countries both as a developmental imperative ..

National Health Policy, 2015

India’s third {draft} National Health Policy was released in 2015. Prior to this, two National Health policies (1983 and 2002) had served in guiding the approach for the health sector in the Five-Year Plans and for different schemes. Since 2002 ..

Public Health: Achievements in MDGs and Way Forward to SDGs

The deadline to achieve the millennium development goals (MDGs) expired in 2015. Out of the total 10 health targets, India was able to achieve or get close to achieve only four targets. As per WHO’s annual World Health Statistics for ..

Institutional Framework around Public Health in India

In the constitution of India, items such as public health, hospitals and sanitation fall in the State list. However, the items having wider ramifications at the national level like population control & family welfare, medical education, prevention of food adulteration, ..