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national averages in respect of most
indices are themselves at
unacceptably low levels, the interstate
disparity implies that, for
vulnerable sections of society in
several states, access to public health
services is nominal and health
standards are grossly inadequate:
Despite a thrust in the NHP -1983
for making good the unmet needs
of public health services by
establishing more public health
institutions at a decentralized level,
a large gap in facilities still persists.
Access to, and benefits from, the
public health system have been very
uneven between the betterendowed
and the more vulnerable
sections of society-. This is
particularly true for women,
children and the socially
disadvantagious sections of society,
the NHP has revealed.
It points out that while there is a
general shortage of medical
personnel in the country, this
shortfall is disproportionately
impacted on the less-developed and
rural areas. No incentive system
attempted so far has induced private
medical personnel to go to such
areas; and, even in the public health
sector, the effort to deploy medical
personnel in such under-served
areas, has usually been a losing
battle. In such a situation, the policy
stresses, it becomes imperative to
entrust some limited public health
functions to nurses, paramedics and
other personnel from the extended
~ealth sector after imparti.n'g
adequate training to tllem.
Efforts made over the years for
improving health standards have
been partially neutralized by the
rapid growth of population. It iswell
recognized that population
stabilization measures and general
health initiatives, when effectively
synchronize, synergistically
maximize the socio-economic wellbeing
of the people, The
government has separately
Source: National Health Policy-2002
Table 3
Goals to be Ac!,Iieved by 2000-2015
fl Eradicate Polio and Yaws 2005
fl Eliminate Leprosy 2005
fl Eliminate Kala Azar 2010
fl Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis 2015
fl Achieve Zero level growth of HIV / AIDS 2007
fl Reduce Mortality by 50% on account ofTB,
Malaria and Other Vector and Water Borne diseases 2010
fl Reduce Prevalence of blindness to 0.5% 2010
fl Reduce IMR to 30/1000 And MMR to 100/Lakh 2010
fl Increase utilization of public health facilities
from current level of>20% to >75% 2010
fl Establish an integrated system of surveillance, ,
national Health Accounts and health Statistics. 2005
fl Increase health expenditure by Government
as a % of GDP from the existing 0.9% to 2.0% 2010
fl Increase share of Central grants to Constitute
at least 25% of total health spending 2010
fl Increase State Sector Health spending from
5.5% 7% of the budget 2005
Further increase to 8% 2010
Table 4
Indicator %Population Infant Mortality %Health %Public Expenwith
income of Rate/1000 Expenditure diture on Health