National health policy served well in guiding the approach for the health sector in five year plan.

1. PANNA DHAI MAA SUBHARTI NURSING
COLLEGE
(MEERUT)
PRESENTATION
ON
NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY
PRESENTED BY:
Ms. Samiksha kuriyal
M. Sc Nursing 1st Year
PDM Subharti Nursing College

2. INTRODUCTION OF NATIONAL HEALTH
POLICY (NHP)
The central government of India periodically publishes a National Health
Policy to guide future health programs. In 1979 the Journal of the Indian
Medical Association published a review of the policy. The first NHP in
1983 had as its goal access to primary care for everyone in India by the
year 2000.

3. NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY 1983
 The government of India adopted a national health policy in august 1983.
India is one of the countries which has signed the alma ata declaration. it is
therefore, commited to the goal of health for all by the year 2000.
In order to reach the goal the government of India has evolved a national health
policy in 1983.

4. ELEMENTS
 Creation of awareness in the community about the health problems.
Supply of safe drinking water and sanitation with affordable technology.
Reduction in the rural/urban imbalance of health services.
Promotion of research for the alternate/low cost health interventions.
Improvement in co-ordination of the different systems of medicine.

5. STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF
HEALTH POLICY
•Reconstructing of health infrastructure ; this hopefully will remove the existing
imbalance.
•Development of health manpower; such as health workers, trained dais,
anganwadi workers, village health guides etc.
•It also includes periodic training of the existing manpower.
•Research and development ; stress to be given on evolving the low cost health
interventions and research on alternative approach for health problems.

6. OPERATIONAL TARGETS
 Establishment of one sub-centre for every 5000 population in rural and 3000
population in hilly/tribal areas.
 Establishment of one PHC for every 30,000 population in rural area and for
20,000 population in hilly/tribal area.
 One community health centre per lakh population.
 One village health guide for 1000 population and one trained birth attendant
in each village.
 Training of various categories of paramedical personnel.

7. FACTORS INTERFERING WITH THE
PROGRESS TOWARDS HEALTH FOR ALL
 Unbalanced distribution and weak support for human resources.
 Weak health information system and no baseline data.
 Slow socio- economic development.
 Pollution, poor food, safety, and lack of water supply and sanitation.
 Rapid demographic and epidemiological changes.
 Widespread inadequacy of health promotion activities.
 Natural and man- made disasters.

8. NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY 2002

9. GOALS OF NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY 2002
•Eradication of polio and Yaws by 2005
•Eliminate leprosy by 2005
•Eliminate Kala Azar by 2010
•Eliminate lymphatic filariasis by 2015
•Achieve Zero level growth of HIV/ AIDS by 2007
•Reduce mortality on account of TB, malaria and other picture and
waterborne diseases by 50% by 2010
•Reduce prevalence of blindness to 0.5 % by 2010
•Reduce IMR to 30/ 1000 and MMR to 100/100000 live birth by 2010
•Establish an integrated system of surveillance, national Health accounts and
health statistics by 2005

10. NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH MISSION
(2005 - 2015 )
• National Rural Health Mission an ambitious strategy of the government,
launched by honorable Prime Minister of India on 12th April 2005 for a
period of 7 years.

11. OBJECTIVES OF NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH
MISSION
To restructure the delivery mechanism for health towards providing
Universal access
To reduce Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR)
To reduce Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)
To reduce Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
To provide accessible, affordable, accountable, effective and reliable
primary health care
To provide the existing programmes of health and family welfare including
malaria, blindness, iodine deficiency, filarial, kala-azar, tuberculosis control
and RCH II

12. THE NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY (NHP), 2017
India’s new National Health Policy 2017. (NHP), released by health and
family welfare minister JP Nadda on 16 March, 2017. It aims at achieving
universal health coverage and delivering quality health care services to all
at affordable cost.

13. NHP- 2017 also identifies seven priority areas for improving the
environment for health.
These priority areas needing coordimated action include:
1. The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
2. Balanced, healthy diets and regular exercises.
3. Addressing tobacco, alcohol and substance abuse
4. Yatri Suraksha
5. Nirbhaya Nari
6. Reduce stress and improved safety in the work place
7. Reducing indoor and outdoor air pollution

14. SPECIFIC GOALS AND OBJECTIVE
•Health Status and Programme Impact
•Health Systems Performance
•Health Systems strengthening

15. A) HEALTH STATUS AND PROGRAMME IMPACT
1.Life Expectancy and healthy life
2. Mortality by Age and/ or cause
3) Reduction of disease prevalence/ incidence
B) HEALTH SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE
1) Coverage of Health Services
2) Cross Sectoral goals related to health
C) HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING
1) Health finance
2) Health Infrastructure and Human Resource
3) Health Management Information

16. HEALTH PROGRAMME
Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent health
 Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakaram (JSSK)
 Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK)
 Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK)
 Mission Indradhanush
 Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)
 National Programme for Family Planning

17. NATIONAL NUTRITIONAL PROGRAMMES
National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme
National Programme for Prevention and Control of Fluorosis (NPPCF)
National Iron Plus Initiative for Anaemia Control
National Vitamin A prophylaxis programme
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
Mid-Day Meal Programme

18. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONTROL PROGRAMME
Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP)
Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP)
National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP)
National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme
National AIDS Control Programme (NACP)
National Viral Hepatitis Control Program

19. NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
National Tobacco Control Programme(NTCP)
National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes,
Cardiovascular Diseases & Stroke (NPCDCS)
National Programme for Control Treatment of Occupational Diseases
National Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness (NPPCD)
National Mental Health Programme
National Programme for Control of Blindness& Visual impairment

20. SUMMARY
The National Health Policy of 1983 and the National Health Policy of
2002 have served well in guiding the approach for the health sector in the
Five-Year Plans. Now 14 years after the last health policy, the context has
changed in four major ways. The health priorities are changing. Although
maternal and child mortality have rapidly declined, there is growing
burden on account of noncommunicable diseases and some infectious
diseases.

21. CONCLUSION
The primary aim of the National Health Policy, is to inform, clarify,
strengthen and prioritize the role of the Government in shaping health
systems in all its dimensions- investments in health, organization of
healthcare services, prevention of diseases and promotion of good health. It
seeks to reach everyone in a comprehensive integrated way to move
towards wellness. It aims at achieving universal health coverage and
delivering quality health care services to all at affordable cost.