Question

Explain elements and achievements of National Health Policy. ​

Answer 1

National health policy

The Government has formulated and brought out National Health Policy, 2017, which aims at attainment of the highest possible level of good health and well-being, through a preventive and promotive health care orientation in all developmental policies, and universal access to good quality health care services .

Answer 2

Most nation states have taken "health policy" to mean "medical care policy." Medical care, however, is only one variable in a nation's health equation. The article describes what the main components of a national health policy should be, including

(1) the political, economic, social, and cultural determinants of health, the most important determinants of health in any country;

(2) the lifestyle determinants, which have been the most visible types of public interventions; and

(3) the socializing and empowering determinants, which link the first and second components of a national health policy :

the individual interventions and the collective interventions. The author discusses the indicators that should be used for each component and for each intervention. The feasibility of this approach depends to a large degree on the political will of the national authorities and the broad understanding of the actual determinants of health. A good first step is the National Health Policy plan developed by the Swedish social democratic government. This article builds on and expands on that model.