3. Timeline
Second National Health Policy
focused on acceptable standard of
good health and upgrading
infrastructure in existing institutions.
Start
First National Health Policy
whose main focus was on
the provision of primary
health care.
The attainment of the
highest possible level of
health and wellbeing for all
at all ages.
1983 2002
2022
Primary aim to inform, clarify,
strengthen and prioritize the role of
government in shaping Health
systems in all dimensions..
2017
Both served well in guiding the
approach for health sector in five year
plans.
Vision
2025
4. MAJOR CAUSES
1st
Health priorities are
changing now
there is growing
burden on non-
communicable and
some infectious
diseases.
2nd
Health care
industry is
increasing
estimated to be
growing at double
digit.
3rd
Increasing
expenditure on
health due to
health care costs.
4th
Economical growth
is rising which
enhanced fiscal
capacity.
The context of Health Policies have changed in four major ways.
5. Principles
EQUITY
The barrier between the
rich and poor, disparity on
account of gender,
poverty,caste etc. should
be removed.
UNIVERSALITY
When equity will be
brought the healthcare
facility will be universal,
equal for all.
PROFESSIONALISM
Ethics, integrity and
discipline is important for
the success of any system.
AFFORDIBILITY
As the cost increases
affordability decreases.
The policies main focus is
on low cost health
diagnosis.
PATIENT CENTERED
Gender sensitive, effective,
safe, and convenient
healthcare provided with
dignity and confidentially.
6. DECANTRALIZATION
Community participation in
health planning processes.
DYNAMISM
Constantly improving
healthcare through new
knowledge, learning from
community, national and
international patterns.
PLURALISM
Patients as chosen can
have access to AYUSH
care providers based on
documented and validated
practices.
INCLUSIVE
PARTNERSHIP
A multi stakeholder
approach and partnership
with academic institutions.
ACCOUNTABILITY
Elimination of corruption in
Healthcare systems, both
in public and private.
8. GOALS
Health management information
•Ensure district level electronic database of
information on health system.
Life expectancy and healthy life
•Increase life expectancy from 67.5 to
70 by 2025.
Mortality by age
•Reduce the under five mortality.
•Reduce infant mortality.
Health infrastructure
•Establish primary and secondary
care facility as per norms.
Cross sectoral goals
•Reduction in prevalence of current tobacco use
•Access to safe water and sanitation.
Reduction of disease prevalence
•To reduce the prevalence of blindness.
•To reduce the premature mortality
Coverage of health services
•Increase the utilization of public health
facilities.
•More than 90% of the newborn are fully
immunized.
Health finance
•Increase the health expenditure.
•Increase the state sector health spending.
NATIONAL
HEALTH POLICY
9. POLICY THRUST
Ensuring adequate
investment
•Policy proposes a
potential target of raising
public health expenditure
to 2.5% of the GDP in a
time bound manner.
•The Government could
consider imposing taxes
on specific commodities-
such as the taxes on
tobacco, alcohol and
foods having negative
impact on health.
Preventive and
promotive health
The policy articulates to
institutionalize inter-sectoral
coordination at national and sub-
national levels to optimize health
outcomes, through constitution
of bodies that have
representation from relevant
non-health ministries.
The policy identifies coordinated
action on seven priority areas for
improving the environment for
health:
The Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan
Balanced, healthy diets
and regular exercises.
Addressing tobacco,
alcohol and substance
abuse
Nirbhaya Nari –
action against
gender violence Yatri Suraksha – preventing
deaths due to rail and road
traffic accidents
Reduced
stress and
improved
safety in the
work place
10. NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES
Communicable Diseases
The policy advocates the need for districts to
respond to the communicable disease priorities of
their locality. This could be through network of well-
equipped laboratories.
04
Mental Health
This policy will take into consideration the provisions of
the National Mental Health Policy 2014.
Increase creation of specialists through public financing.
05
Gender based violence (GBV)
Women’s access to healthcare needs to be strengthened by making
public hospitals more women friendly and ensuring that the staff have
orientation to gender – sensitivity issues.
06
RMNCH+A Services
Maternal and child survival is a mirror that reflects the
entire spectrum of social development. This policy
aspires to elicit developmental action of all sectors to
support Maternal and Child survival..
01
Child and Adolescent Health
District hospitals must ensure screening and
treatment of growth related problems, birth defects,
genetic diseases and provide palliative care for
children..
02
Universal Immunization
Priority would be to further improve immunization
coverage with quality and safety, improve vaccine
security as per National Vaccine Policy 2011 and
introduction of newer vaccines based on
epidemiological considerations
03
11. CONCLUSION
It advocates commissioning
more research and
development for new
vaccines thus we need to
provide spaces for them while
designing.
Policy advocates
inculcating digital
tools for improving
the efficiency and
outcome of
healthcare centers.
There is a need of a
new health policy
because of the
changing priorities,
new diseases so we
need to design
accordingly.
The main goal is to increase the
life expectancy (70 years) which
can be achieved by providing
healthier environment inside the
hospital & guiding people how to
live a healthy life.
The policy takes
action on mental
health which can be
improved by
providing healthier
environment..
Policy also talks about
the gender based
violence so we should
see how the public
hospitals can be more
women friendly.
The national health policy
underlines the school health
programmes thus we need to
prepare the curriculum focusing
on health and hygiene thus we
need to design our spaces
catering it.
