The eighth season of the Banega Swasth India initiative stresses on the need to take care of, and consider everyone's health in India especially vulnerable communities
Oct 03, 2021
11:10 (IST)
There is a lack of political discourse around health in India: JVR Prasada Rao, Former Union Health Secretary, Former UN SG Special Envoy on AIDS in Asia Pacific
If you look at the present situation and what we have learned in last 75 years, the biggest challenge that we face even now is having a political dialogue and discourse around health. Health is only 40 per cent with the Government of India and 60 per cent with states but how many elections have been fought with the agenda of health? We have had slogans of 'roti kapda makaan' but have we ever thought of slogans like 'swasth, shiksha'? We have seen everyone coming together in GST because there is political will. The same is required for addressing major challenges like malnutrition, public health infrastructure.