02/06/2021 - Health

KEY POINTS

·        India’s Covid case fatality at 1.16 per cent is nearly half of the global average of 2.17 per cent.

·        India began implementing the multi sector NCD action plan to achieve 25 per cent reduction in premature mortalities due to NCD by 2025.

·        The Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat scheme is a major initiative, which will invest over Rs 64,000 crore in setting up 17,800 rural and 11,000 urban health and wellness centres.

·        Under Ayushman Bharat, India has expanded the scope of primary healthcare to include screening and diagnosis of NCD like CVD, cancer and chronic respiratory diseases.

·        The PM’s health insurance scheme covers 100 million of the most vulnerable population and eliminates out-of-pocket expenditures for the poorest which could be as high as 72 per cent if not covered by public insurance.

·        The replacement of polluting fuel wood with LPG under the PM Ujjwala Yojana in 90 million families has significantly reduced the risk of the chronic lung diseases and cancer that women were exposed to.

·        A key lesson emerging from this international call to action was to synergise the strengthening of health sector by ensuring universal access.

·        Achieving the SDG by reducing one-third of premature mortalities due to NCD will make India resilient to the viral pandemics of the future.

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