The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is drafting new National Health Policy. It’s important features are:
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The proposal for a National Health Rights Act comes after a debate on whether India should pass a Bill to make health a fundamental right as was done for education. “Many industrialised nations have laws that do so. Many of the developing nations that have made significant progress towards universal health coverage, such as Brazil and Thailand
It will replace National Health Policy, 2002 which aims at equity, narrowing the gap between states, organizing urban primary care structure, decentralized mental health services and imparting preventive health education.