The Government has approved the National Health Policy 2017. The Policy
aims for attainment of the highest possible level of health and well-being for
all at all ages, through a preventive and promotive health care orientation.
The Policy seeks to move away from Sick- care to Wellness, with thrust on
prevention and Health promotion.
The Policy, inter alia, seeks to
(i)
reduce premature mortality
from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory diseases
by 25% by 2025,
(ii)
achieve global target of
2020 for HIV/AIDS i.e. - 90% of all people living with HIV know their HIV
status, - 90% of all people diagnosed with HIV infection receive sustained
antiretroviral therapy and 90% of all people receiving antiretroviral therapy
will have viral suppression,
(iii)
achieve and maintain a cure
rate of >85% in new sputum positive patients for TB and to reduce incidence
of new cases to reach elimination status by 2025,
(iv)
reduce prevalence of
blindness to 0.25/1000 by 2025 and disease burden by one third from current
levels and
(v)
achieve and maintain
elimination status of Leprosy by 2018, Kala-Azar by 2017 and Lymphatic
Filariasis in endemic pockets by 2017.
Further, the NCD Global Monitoring Framework and Action Plan aims
to achieve relative reduction in the overall mortality from cardiovascular
disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease upto 10% by 2020 and
upto 25% by 2025.
The Minister of State (Health and Family
Welfare), Smt Anupriya Patel stated this in a written reply in the Rajya
Sabha here today.
*****
MV/LK
No comments:
Post a Comment