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KEY POINTS
· The density of population in India, low levels of public awareness, and vulnerabilities in the healthcare network present strong challenges to controlling outbreaks of communicable disease.
· India is vulnerable also because it is heavily dependent on China for components used to make products across industries, including essential medicines.
· Its imports from China rose to $76.38 billion in 2017-18 from $60.41 billion in 2014-15 but there is still a large imbalance in trade between the two countries India imports much more from China than it exports to it.
· Several products that India imports from other trading partners also have a heavy Chinese presence. For instance, a lot of the ASEAN region’s value chains are dependent on China.
Pharma sector key
· According to government data, bulk drugs used to manufacture medicines were among the top 10 imports from China between 2015 and 2019.
· China supplies nearly 70% of the total bulk drugs and intermediates (raw materials) imported to make medicines in India.
Impact on patients
· Industry executives fear that if the situation does not improve soon, the cost of materials used to make medicines in India will rise regardless of therapeutic category.
· On those earlier occasions, industry bodies had sought an increase in the maximum retail prices of these medicines, arguing that they were unable to recover the cost of manufacturing them.
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Try to include about the challenges in health care system. Keep Writing.
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Sir/mam please review my answer.
I am trying to reduce number of words. I need your guidance or suggestions to do that.
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Good attempt. Try to use simple and short sentences. Cut short the introduction part 30-40 words are enough. Keep Writing.
