Six months of the UPA Govt: Decisions & Initiatives

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HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE SIX MONTHS OF THE UPA GOVERNMENT DECISIONS & INITIATIVES

• An additional Rs. 408 crore made available for containing

the disease burden on account of communicable diseases. For AIDS, an

additional amount of Rs. 217 crore is being provided.

• A new World Bank assisted Integrated Disease Surveillance

Project launched with a view to better assess the prevalence and

spread of diseases. This is a 5-year project and aims at developing

a decentralized State based system of surveillance.

• A fresh surveillance and evaluation of the incidence of

HIV/AIDS to be carried out with a view to formulate a better

approach in increasing awareness and prevention of AIDS.

• With a view to make National Population Commission more

cohesive and function as an effective mechanism, the Commission has

been transferred to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as

originally envisaged in the National Population Policy.

• A National Rural Health Mission is being launched soon which

would bring about an integrated health delivery system in rural

areas with special focus on primary healthcare.

• Various steps for developing quality standards and

implementing Good Manufacturing Practices for Ayurveda, Siddha and

Unani drugs initiated.

• The Ministry is in the process of augmenting the food and

drug testing capacity in the country by providing expensive

laboratory equipment, additional technical staff and renovation of

existing laboratories, to make available good quality drugs.

• In preparation for increased investment in the Health Sector

over the next five years, the National Commission of Macro-Economics

and Health is to assess the impact of increased investment in the

Health Sector.

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