Essay on present health issues
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One of the major health problem in India is malnutrition.
Malnutrition refers to deficiencies, excesses or imbalances in a person's intake of energy and/or nutrients. The term malnutrition covers 2 broad groups of conditions. One is undernutrition - which includes stunting (low height for age), wasting (low weight for height), underweight (low weight for age) and micronutrient deficiencies or insufficiencies (a lack of important vitamins and minerals). The other is overweight - overweight, obesity and diet-related noncommunicable diseases (such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer).[6]
According to a 2005 report, 60% of India's children below the age of three were malnourished, which was greater than the statistics of sub-Saharan African of 28%.[7] World Bank data indicates that India has one of the world's highest demographics of children suffering from malnutrition – said to be double that of sub-Saharan Africa with dire consequences. India's Global Hunger Index India ranking of 67, the 80 nations with the worst hunger situation places it even below North Korea or Sudan. 44% of children under the age of 5 are underweight, while 72% of infants have anemia.[8] It is considered that one in every three malnourished children in the world lives in India.
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India was one of the pioneers in health service planning with a focus on primary health care. In 1946, the Health Survey and Development Committee, headed by Sir Joseph Bhose recommended establishment of a well structured and comprehensive health service with a sound primary health care infrastructure.
But few health problems still prevails in India and few of them are kala azar , malaria , filaria , Japanese encephalitis , tuberculosis , dengue , leprosy , blindness , HIV etc...
National Illness Assistance Fund is set up
the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with an initial contribution of Rs. 5 crore in 1997. The Fund will provide necessary financial assistance to patients livings below poverty line, suffering from life- threatening diseases, to receive medical treatment at any of the super specialty hospitals/institution or other government/private hospitals.
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