How can we increase the effectiveness of health care programme?

Health is the holistic process related to overall growth and development of nation. Development of health infrastructure ensures a country of healthy manpower for production of goods and services. The government has the constitutional obligation to guide and regulate all health related issues such as medical education, adulteration of food, drugs and poisons, etc. The Union Government has developed broad policies and plans through the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare. Through following programmes we can increase the effectiveness of health care programmes:

1. Public health facilities should be decentralised.

2. People should be educated about the nature, causes and remedies of general diseases.

3. People should be made aware about sanitation facilities, cleanliness, immunisation, etc.

4. Efforts should be taken to develop health infrastructure.

5. Through telecom and I.T. sector, messages can be spread regarding small family, vaccination, better quality of life etc. especially in rural areas.

6. Primary health care facilities should be strengthened.

7. Private public partnership indeveloping primary, secondary and tertiary health care system can be taken.