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    The National Health Policy 2017 was approved to replace the 2002 policy. It aims to achieve universal access to good quality healthcare without financial hardship. Key targets include increasing life expectancy and reducing mortality rates. It proposes increasing public health spending to 2.5% of GDP and providing free drugs, diagnostics and emergency care in public hospitals. However, some critiques note it duplicates portions of the health budget and fails to make health a justiciable right. More health professionals and regulatory agencies are still needed to meet its goals.

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    The National Health Policy 2017 was approved to replace the 2002 policy. It aims to achieve universal access to good quality healthcare without financial hardship. Key targets include increasing life expectancy and reducing mortality rates. It proposes increasing public health spending to 2.5% of GDP and providing free drugs, diagnostics and emergency care in public hospitals. However, some critiques note it duplicates portions of the health budget and fails to make health a justiciable right. More health professionals and regulatory agencies are still needed to meet its goals.

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    The National Health Policy 2017 was approved to replace the 2002 policy. It aims to achieve universal access to good quality healthcare without financial hardship. Key targets include increasing life expectancy and reducing mortality rates. It proposes increasing public health spending to 2.5% of GDP and providing free drugs, diagnostics and emergency care in public hospitals. However, some critiques note it duplicates portions of the health budget and fails to make health a justiciable right. More health professionals and regulatory agencies are still needed to meet its goals.

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    National Health Policy 2017

    Why in news?

    The National Health Policy, 2017, was approved by the Union Cabinet which
    will replace the previous policy adopted in 2002.

    What are the key highlights?

    The broad principles of the Policy are centered on professionalism,


    integrity and ethics, equity, affordability, universality, patient centered
    and quality of care, accountability and pluralism.
    It aims to achieve universal access to good quality health care services
    without anyone having to face financial hardship as a consequence.
    It intends on gradually increasing public health expenditure to 2.5% of
    the GDP.
    It proposes free drugs, free diagnostics and free emergency and essential
    healthcare services in public hospitals.
    The policy advocates allocating two-thirds (of resources to primary
    care.
    It proposes two beds per 1,000 of the population to enable access within
    the first 60 minutes after a traumatic injury.
    To reduce morbidity and preventable mortality of non-communicable
    diseases (NCDs) by advocating pre-screening.
    It highlights AYUSH as a tool for effective prevention and therapy that is
    safe and cost-effective.
    It proposes introducing Yoga in more schools and offices to promote
    good health.
    It also proposed reforming medical education.
    The policy also lists quantitative targets regarding life expectancy,
    mortality and reduction of disease prevalence in line with the objectives of
    the policy.
    What are the key targets?

    Increase Life Expectancy at birth from 67.5 to 70 by 2025.


    Reduce Fertility Rate to 2.1 by 2025.
    Reduce Infant Mortality Rate to 28 by 2019.
    Reduce Under Five Mortality to 23 by 2025.
    Achieve the global 2020 HIV target (also termed 90:90:90 global target).
    To reduce premature mortality from cardiovascular diseases, cancer,
    diabetes or chronic respiratory diseases by 25 per cent by 2025.
    Reducing the prevalence of blindness to 0.25 per 1000 persons by 2025.
    The disease burden to be reduced by one third from the current levels.
    Elimination of leprosy by 2018, kala-azar by 2017 and lymphatic filariasis
    in endemic pockets by 2017.

    What are the positives?

    The policy seeks to promote universal access to good quality


    healthcare services and a wide array of free drugs and diagnostics.
    The proposed steps such as a health card for every family will certainly
    help improve health outcomes in India.
    The recommended grading of clinical establishments and active
    promotion and adoption of standard treatment guidelines can also help
    improve the quality of healthcare delivery in India.

    What are the lacunas?

    The policy duplicates portions of the Health section of Finance Ministers


    2017 Budget speech, reiterates health spend targets set by the erstwhile
    Planning Commission for the 12th Five Year Plan.
    It fails to make health a justiciable right in the way the Right to
    Education 2005 did for school education.
    A health cess was a pathbreaking idea that was proposed in the draft
    policy but it was dropped.
    Whether Health should continue to be in the State List, or in the
    Concurrent List is not answered in the policy.
    Among the most glaring lacunae in the present context is the lack of
    capacity to use higher levels of public funding for health.
    Although a major capacity expansion to produce MBBS graduates took
    place between 2009 and 2015, this is unlikely to meet policy goals since
    only 11.3% of registered allopathic doctors were working in the public
    sector as of 2014.

    What should be done?

    More health professionals need to be deployed for primary care in rural


    areas.
    Contracting of health services from the private sector may be inevitable in
    the short term.
    No more time should be lost in forming regulatory and accreditation
    agencies for healthcare providers at the national and State levels.
    Without oversight, unethical commercial entities would have easy
    backdoor access to public funds in the form of state-backed insurance.
    For the new policy to start on a firm footing, the Centre has to get robust
    health data.
    To reduce high out-of-pocket spending, early deadlines should be set
    for public institutions to offer essential medicines and diagnostic tests free
    to everyone.
    Source: The Hindu, Indian Express

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