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Highlights Of Swasth Bharat, Sampann Bharat Telethon- Leaving No One Behind

Highlights Of Swasth Bharat, Sampann Bharat Telethon- Leaving No One Behind

NDTV and Dettol have been jointly working towards a clean and healthy India since 2014 via the Banega Swachh India initiative, which is helmed by Campaign Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan. In the eighth year, the campaign aims to highlight the inter-dependency of humans and the environment, and of humans on one another with the focus on One Health, One Planet, One Future – Leaving No One Behind.

Here are the highlights of Swasth Bharat, Sampann Bharat Telethon with Amitabh Bachchan:

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.