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3. What is public health? What has the government done to improve public health in India?
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Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities.

India has been polio-free since 2014. In a country of 1.2 billion people, this is a big deal. We have also been free of tetanus since 2015 and have set strict targets for the elimination of malaria, tuberculosis (TB), and lymphatic filariasis in the coming years. While we still represent a large percentage of the global burden for these diseases, we’ve made significant progress.

The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, or Clean India Movement, has provided a big push in the right direction to reduce the spread of communicable diseases. As recently as 2014, 65 percent of our population defecated in the open—and now that number is down to 20 percent. This shows how quickly progress can take root when communities and government leaders work together and how it will have a huge impact on health going forward.

In an encouraging sign of progress, we’ve seen a big increase in health and wellness centers in the past decade. We are now starting to think beyond primary health and toward universal health coverage. Coupled with an emphasis on preventive care, this shift will increase all-around wellness. The National Health Mission (NHM)—the result of a 2013 merger between the National Urban Health Mission and the National Rural Health Mission—is a prominent example. The program’s primary focus is on disease control, prevention, and surveillance, and it has already made a huge impact on our health care system.

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