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Health in India. India's population in 2021 as per World Bank is 1.39 billion. [1] Being the world's most populous country and one of its fastest-growing economies, India experiences both challenges and opportunities in context of public health. India is a hub for pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries; world-class scientists, clinical ...
COVID-19 pandemic in Jharkhand. The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed in the Indian state of Jharkhand on 31 March 2020 as a Malaysian women came positive on the test. [1] The state has confirmed a total of 1,11,366 cases, including 995 deaths and 1,08,761 recoveries, as of 12 December. [2]
Jharkhand is located in the eastern part of India and is enclosed by West Bengal to the eastern side, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh to the western side, Bihar to the northern part and Odisha to the southern part. Jharkhand envelops a geographical area of 79,716 square kilometres (30,779 sq mi).
Indian healthcare system has been historically dominated by provisioning of medical care and neglected public health. [2] 11.9% of all maternal deaths and 18% of all infant mortality in the world occurs in India, ranking it the highest in the world in 2021. [3] [4] 36.6 out of 1000 children are dead by the time they reach the age of 5.
Institutional integration within the fragmented health sector was expected to provide a focus on outcomes, measured against Indian Public Health Standards for all health facilities. As per the 12th Plan document of the Planning Commission, the flagship programme of NRHM will be strengthened under the umbrella of National Health Mission. The ...
National Health Policy. The National Health Policy was endorsed by the Parliament of India in 1983 and updated in 2002, and then again updated in 2017. The recent four main updates in 2017 mention the need to focus on the growing burden of non-communicable diseases, the emergence of the robust healthcare industry, growing incidences of unsustainable expenditure due to healthcare costs, and ...
The All India Institutes of Medical Sciences ( AIIMS) is a group of autonomous government public medical universities of higher education under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. These institutes have been declared by an Act of Parliament as Institutes of National Importance.
Non-revenue water is a challenge. The share of Indians with access to improved sources of water increased significantly from 72% in 1990 to 88% in 2008 and currently stands at 97.7% in 2020. [9] In 1980, rural sanitation coverage was estimated at 1%. By 2018, it reached 95%.