Open AccessIndia′s draft National Health Policy, 2015: Improving policy to implementation effectiveness
Author(s) -
Nata Menabde,
Chandrakant Lahariya
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.161299
Subject(s) - medicine , government (linguistics) , health policy , public health , national policy , national rural health mission , economic growth , public administration , environmental health , health services , nursing , political science , law , population , philosophy , linguistics , economics
As the Government of India is working on drafting a new National Health Policy, developing national health accounts, and planning for a "health assurance mission," this opportunity has the potential to transform health status of millions of Indians and achieve universal health coverage. The draft of new National Health Policy of India was put in public domain for comments in early 2015. This editorial reviews the draft National Health Policy 2015 and proposes a few steps to improve implementation effectiveness.