mention the efforts done by government to improve health conditions in India
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4. Introducing eggs in anganwadi centres
The Government of India released its first Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey in 2019. Its findings confirmed the high and persistent malnutrition among children across states. One problem here is the preferred source of proteins. For example, anganwadi centres in many states introduced eggs in their meals. Eggs can meet the protein needs of young children at an affordable price. However, many political leaders, activists and religious personalities resisted this move on religious and ideological grounds.
It is against the interests of children to deny them a good, sustainable and cheap source of proteins. We wish that in 2020, policymakers will stick to their original decision to supply eggs in anganwadi meals, and contribute to nourishing India’s underprivileged children.
5. Making workplaces safe
Recently, a factory fire in Delhi took the lives of 43 labourers, and the absurdity of it all will be hard to forget. A report released last year by Safe in India revealed how thousands of workers in the automobile sector lose their hands and fingers working in factories in Gurgaon. In 2020, we wish that India’s workers across sectors have access to safe working environments and hope that factory owners and administrators become more sensitive to their employees’ safety and illnesses.
6. A stronger push against tuberculosis
Apart from its lethal and/or debilitating effects – on individual people as well as their friends, families and communities – tuberculosis also continues to push people into poverty even after it has been treated. We have found through our research that patients in southern Rajasthan incur a debt of Rs 22,000 on average before presenting themselves to outpatient clinics, and most of them had to stop working thanks to the disease’s ill effects. Indeed, even after treatment resumed, many of them couldn’t resume full employment either.
There is a significant delay in the diagnosis of tuberculosis, especially among poorer people who don’t visit a doctor until the symptoms have become severe. While the Government of India has committed to administering people-centred care, the care remains both impersonal and erratic. Poor nutrition also affects the continuation and outcomes of treatment.
In the new year, we wish more patients of tuberculosis are provided the trifecta of humane healthcare, nutritious food and income opportunities they desperately need to be rid of this disease.