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The [[Constitution of India]] makes '''health in India''' the responsibility of the state governments, rather than the central federal government. It makes every state responsible for "raising the level of [[nutrition]] and the [[standard of living]] of its people and the improvement of [[public health]] as among its primary duties". The National Health Policy was endorsed by the [[Parliament of India]] in 1983 and updated in 2002 and again in 2017.<ref>http://cdsco.nic.in/writereaddata/National-Health-Policy.pdf</ref><ref name="Kishore2005">{{cite book|author=Jugal Kishore|title=National health programs of India: national policies & legislations related to health|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jPjaAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=2 September 2012|year=2005|publisher=Century Publications|isbn=978-81-88132-13-3}}</ref> There are great inequalities in health between states. Infant mortality in [[Kerala]] is 12 per thousand live births, but in [[Assam]] it is 56.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Britnell|first1=Mark|title=In Search of the Perfect Health System|date=2015|publisher=Palgrave|location=London|isbn=978-1-137-49661-4|page=60}}</ref>

According to [[World Bank]], the total expenditure on healthcare as a proportion of GDP in 2014 was 4.7%.<ref>{{cite web|title=Health expenditure, total (% of GDP)|work=[[World Bank]]|url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.TOTL.ZS|accessdate=1 April 2015}}</ref>

== Health issues ==

=== Malnutrition ===
{{main|Malnutrition in India}}

According to a 2005 report, 60% of India’s children below the age of three were malnourished, which was greater than the statistics of sub-Saharan African of 28%.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/magazine/11FOB-Rieff-t.html|title= India’s Malnutrition Dilemma|accessdate=2011-09-20|work=Source: The New York Times 2009|quote=|first=David|last=Rieff|date=11 October 2009}}</ref> It is considered that one in every three malnourished children in the world lives in India. The estimates varies across the country. It is estimated that [[Madhya Pradesh]] has the highest rate of 50% and [[Kerala]] the lowest with 27%.<ref name="unicef.org">(http://www.unicef.org/india/children_4259.htm)</ref> Although India’s [[Economy of India|economy]] grew 55% from 2001–2006, its child-malnutrition rate only dropped 1%, lagging behind countries of similar growth rate.<ref name="India’s Medical Emergency">{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1736516,00.html | title= India’s Medical Emergency | accessdate=2011-09-20 | work=Source: Time US | quote= | first=Simon | last=Robinson | date=1 May 2008}}</ref>

Malnutrition can be described as the unhealthy condition that results from not eating enough healthy food.<ref>(www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malnutrition)</ref>

====Child malnutrition====

{| class="wikitable"
|+Infants and preschool children<ref>http://ninindia.org/DietaryGuidelinesforNINwebsite.pdf Dietary Guidelines for NIN</ref>
|-
! Condition !! Prevalence %
|-
| Low birth weight || 22
|-
| Kwashiorkor/Marasmus# || <1
|-
| Bitot’s spots# || 0.8-1.0
|-
| Iron deficiency anaemia (6–59 months) || 70.0
|-
| Underweight (weight for age)* (<5 years)# || 42.6
|-
| Stunting (height for age)* (<5 years)# || 48.0
|-
| Wasting (weight for height)*# || 20.0
|-
| Overweight/obesity || 6-30
|}

{| class="wikitable"

|-
! rowspan=2 | Condition !! rowspan=2 | Unit !! colspan=3 | Males !! colspan=3 | Females
|-
! Urban !! Rural !! Tribal !! Urban !! Rural !! Tribal
|- align=center
|Chronic energy deficiency (BMI <18.5) || % || || 33.2 || 40 || || 36.0 || 49
|- align=center
|Anaemia in women || % || colspan=3 | || colspan=3 | 75
|- align=center
|Iodine deficiency - Goitre || millions|| colspan=6 | 54
|- align=center
|Iodine deficiency - Cretinism || millions|| colspan=6 | 2.2
|- align=center
|Iodine deficiency – Still births (includes neo-natal deaths) || || colspan=6 | 90,000
|- align=center
|Obesity related chronic diseases || (%) || 36.0 || 40.0 || 7.8 ||10.9 || *2.4 ||3.2
|- align=center
|Hypertension|| % || 35.0 || 25 || 24 || 35 || 24 || 23
|- align=center
|Diabetes mellitus (year 2006) || % || 16.0 || 5.0 || || 16 || 5.0 ||
|- align=center
|Coronary heart disease || (%)|| 7–9 || 3–5 || || 7–9 || 3–5 ||
|- align=center
| Cancer incidence rate || per million || colspan = 3 | 11.3 || colspan = 3 | 12.3
|}

* Median 2SD of WHO Child Growth Standards
# NNMB Rural Survey, 2005–06; NNMB Tribal Survey, 2008–09

A well-nourished child is one whose weight and height measurements compare very well within the standard normal distribution of heights and weights of healthy children of same age and sex.<ref>(http://www.ajfand.net/Volume6/No1/Mahgoub1420.pdf)</ref>

Malnutrition impedes the social and cognitive development of a child.<ref name="India’s Medical Emergency"/> These irreversible damages result in lower productivity.<ref name="India’s Medical Emergency"/> As with serious malnutrition, growth delays hinder a child’s intellectual development. Sick children with chronic malnutrition, especially when accompanied by anaemia, often suffer from a lower learning capacity during the crucial first years of attending school.<ref name="antenna.ch">{{cite web|url=http://www.antenna.ch/en/research/malnutrition/child-malnutrition|title=Child malnutrition|publisher=|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907235626/http://www.antenna.ch/en/research/malnutrition/child-malnutrition|archivedate=7 September 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Also, it reduces the immune defence mechanism, which heightens the risk of infections.<ref name="unicef.org"/>

Due to their lower social status, girls are far more at risk of malnutrition than boys their age. Partly as a result of this cultural bias, up to one third of all adult women in India are underweight. Inadequate care of these women already underdeveloped, especially during pregnancy, leads them in turn to deliver underweight babies who are vulnerable to further malnutrition and disease.<ref name="unicef.org"/>

====Forms of malnutrition====

* Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM), also known as protein-calorie malnutrition
* Iron deficiency: nutritional anaemia which can lead to lessened productivity, sometimes becoming terminal
* Vitamin A deficiency, which can lead to blindness or a weakened immune system
* Iodine deficiency, which can lead to serious mental or physical complaints
* Foliate deficiency can lead to insufficient birth weight or congenital anomalies such as spina bifida.<ref name="antenna.ch"/>
*

=== High infant mortality rate ===
Despite health improvements over the last thirty years, lives continue to be lost to early childhood diseases, inadequate newborn care and childbirth-related causes. More than two million children die every year from preventable infections.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.unicef.org/india/children_2355.htm|title=FAQs – UNICEF|publisher=}}</ref>

Approximately 1.72 million children die each year before turning one.<ref name="iegindia.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.iegindia.org/workpap/wp292.pdf |title=Childhood Mortality and Health in India |accessdate=2011-09-20 |work=Source: Institute of Economic Growth University of Delhi Enclave North Campus India by Suresh Sharma |quote= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402095847/http://www.iegindia.org/workpap/wp292.pdf |archivedate= 2 April 2012 |df= }}</ref> The under five mortality and infant mortality rates have been declining, from 202 and 190 deaths per thousand live births respectively in 1970 to 64 and 50 deaths per thousand live births in 2009.<ref name="iegindia.org"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/vital_statistics/SRS_Bulletins/MMR_release_070711.pdf| title=Maternal & Child Mortality and Total Fertility Rates| accessdate=2012-02-13 }}</ref> However, this decline is slowing. Reduced funding for immunisation leaves only 43.5% of the young fully immunised.<ref name="India’s Medical Emergency"/> A study conducted by the Future Health Systems Consortium in Murshidabad, West Bengal indicates that barriers to immunisation coverage are adverse geographic location, absent or inadequately trained health workers and low perceived need for immunization.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kanjilal|first=Barun|author2=Debjani Barman |author3=Swadhin Mondal |author4=Sneha Singh |author5=Moumita Mukherjee |author6=Arnab Mandal |author7=Nilanjan Bhor |title=Barriers to access immunisation services: a study in Murshidabad, West Bengal|journal=FHS Research Brief|date=September 2008|issue=3|url=http://www.futurehealthsystems.org/publications/fhs-india-research-brief-3-barriers-to-access-immunization-s.html}}</ref> Infrastructure like hospitals, roads, water and sanitation are lacking in rural areas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://drabhinandan.blogspot.com/2008/05/medical-and-healthcare-facility-plagued.html | title= Medical and Healthcare Facility Plagued | accessdate=2011-09-20 | work=Source: Abhinandan S, Dr Ramadoss | quote= }}</ref> Shortages of healthcare providers, poor intra-partum and newborn care, diarrheal diseases and acute respiratory infections also contribute to the high infant mortality rate.<ref name="iegindia.org"/>

=== Diseases ===
Diseases such as dengue fever, hepatitis, tuberculosis, malaria and pneumonia continue to plague India due to increased resistance to drugs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/dengue/ | title= Dengue | accessdate=2011-09-20 | work=Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention US | quote= }}</ref> In 2011, India developed a 'totally drug-resistant' form of tuberculosis.<ref>Goldwert, Lindsay. [http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/totally-drug-resistant-tuberculosis-reported-india-12-patients-responded-tb-medication-article-1.1007024?localLinksEnabled=false "‘Totally drug-resistant’ tuberculosis reported in India; 12 patients have not responded to TB medication."] ''New York Daily News'' 16 January 2012.</ref>

[[HIV/AIDS in India]] is ranked third highest among countries with HIV-infected patients. [[National AIDS Control Organisation]], a government 'Apex Body' is making efforts for managing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unicef.org/india/hiv_aids_156.htm | title= HIV/AIDS | accessdate=2011-09-20 | work=Source: UNICEF India | quote= }}</ref> Diarrheal diseases are the primary causes of early childhood mortality.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.prajnopaya.org/index.php/resources/68-article-life-expectancy-and-mortality-in-india | title=Life Expectancy and Mortality in India | accessdate=2011-09-20 | work=Source: The Prajnopaya Foundation | quote= }}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> These diseases can be attributed to poor sanitation and inadequate safe drinking water.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://countrystudies.us/india/35.htm | title= Health Conditions | accessdate=2011-09-20 | work=Source: US Library of Congress | quote= }}</ref> India has the world's highest incidence of [[rabies]].

In 2012 India was polio-free for the first time in its history.<ref>[http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/01/201211371212764515.html "India marks one year since last polio case."] ''Al Jazeera'', 13 January 2012.</ref> This was achieved because of the [[Pulse Polio]] programme started in 1995–96 by the government.<ref>http://india.gov.in/spotlight/spotlight_archive.php?id=90</ref>

Indians are at particularly high risk for atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease. This may be attributed to a genetic predisposition to metabolic syndrome and adverse changes in coronary artery vasodilation. NGOs such as the [[Indian Heart Association]] and the Medwin Foundation were created to raise awareness.<ref>[http://indianheartfoundation.org Heart Disease is preventable]. Indian Heart Foundation. Retrieved on 2012-07-17.</ref><ref>[http://www.preventindia.org/ :: Prevent India 2012, 26 Feb ::]. Preventindia.org. Retrieved on 2012-07-17.</ref>

===Poor sanitation===
{{see also|Water supply and sanitation in India}}
As more than 122 million households have no toilets, and 33% lack access to latrines, over 50% of the population (638 million) defecate in the open.(2008 estimate)<ref name=wes>{{cite web |url=http://www.unicef.org/india/wes_209.htm | title= Water, Environment and Sanitation | accessdate=2011-09-20 | work=Source: UNICEF India | quote= }}</ref> This is relatively higher than Bangladesh and Brazil (7%) and China (4%).<ref name=wes/> Although 211 million people gained access to improved sanitation from 1990–2008, only 31% use the facilities provided.<ref name=wes/> Only 11% of Indian rural families dispose of stools safely whereas 80% of the population leave their stools in the open or throw them in the garbage.<ref name=wes/> Open air defecation leads to the spread of disease and malnutrition through parasitic and bacterial infections.<ref name="blog.sangamindia.org">{{cite web | url=http://blog.sangamindia.org/2009/07/initiatives-hygiene-and-sanitation | title=Initiatives: Hygiene and Sanitation | accessdate=2011-09-20 | work=Source: Sangam Unity in Action | quote= | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://archive.is/20121221014014/http://blog.sangamindia.org/2009/07/initiatives-hygiene-and-sanitation | archivedate=21 December 2012 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===Safe drinking water===
Several million more suffer from multiple episodes of diarrhea and still others fall ill on account of Hepatitis A, enteric fever, intestinal worms and eye and skin infections caused by poor hygiene and unsafe drinking water.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unicef.org/india/children_2357.htm|title=What We Do – UNICEF|publisher=}}</ref>
{{see also|Water supply and sanitation in India}}
Access to protected sources of drinking water has improved from 68% of the population in 1990 to 88% in 2008.<ref name=wes/> However, only 26% of the slum population has access to safe drinking water,<ref name="blog.sangamindia.org"/> and 25% of the total population has drinking water on their premises.<ref name=wes/> This problem is exacerbated by falling levels of groundwater caused mainly by increasing extraction for irrigation.<ref name=wes/> Insufficient maintenance of the environment around water sources, [[groundwater pollution]], excessive arsenic and fluoride in drinking water pose a major threat to India's health.<ref name=wes/>
{{see also|Indian states ranking by drinking water}}

=== Female health issues ===
{{main|Women's health in India}}

Maternal deaths are similarly high. The reasons for this high mortality are that few women have access to skilled birth attendants and fewer still to quality emergency obstetric care. In addition, only 15 per cent of mothers receive complete antenatal care and only 58 per cent receive iron or folate tablets or syrup.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
Women's health in India involves numerous issues. Some of them include the following:
* [[Malnutrition]] : The main cause of female malnutrition in India is the tradition requiring women to eat last, even during pregnancy and when they are lactating.<ref name="female">{{cite web|title=Chronic hunger and the status of women in India |url=http://www.thp.org/reports/indiawom.htm |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910220125/http://www.thp.org/reports/indiawom.htm |archivedate=10 September 2014 |df= }}</ref>
* [[Breast Cancer]] : One of the most severe and increasing problems among women in India, resulting in higher mortality rates.
* [[Maternal Mortality]] : Indian maternal mortality rates in rural areas are one of the highest in the world.<ref name="female"/>

=== Rural health ===
Rural India contains over 68% of India's total population,<ref>[http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/india/Rural_Urban_2011.pdf]. Retrieved on 2015-05-06.</ref> and half of all residents of rural areas live below the [[poverty line]], struggling for better and easy access to health care and services.<ref>[http://indiafacts.in/india-census-2011/urban-rural-population-o-india/ Urban Rural Population of India]. Indiafacts.in. Retrieved on 2012-07-17.</ref> Health issues confronted by rural people are many and diverse – from severe malaria to uncontrolled diabetes, from a badly infected wound to cancer.<ref>[http://jssbilaspur.org/issues/ JSS – The Bitter Truth About Rural Health] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425051431/http://jssbilaspur.org/issues/ |date=25 April 2012 }}. Jssbilaspur.org. Retrieved on 2012-07-17.</ref> Postpartum maternal illness is a serious problem in resource-poor settings and contributes to maternal mortality, particularly in rural India.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Sutherland|first=T|author2=DM Bishai|title=Cost-Effectiveness Of Misoprostol And Prenatal Iron Supplementation As Maternal Mortality Interventions In Home Births In Rural India|journal=Int J of Gynecology and Obstetrics|year=2008|url=http://www.futurehealthsystems.org/publications/cost-effectiveness-of-misoprostol-and-prenatal-iron-suppleme.html|accessdate=26 May 2012}}</ref> A study conducted in 2009 found that 43.9% of mothers reported they experienced postpartum illnesses six weeks after delivery.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Tuddenham|first=S A|title=Care seeking for postpartum morbidities in Murshidabad, rural India|journal=Int J of Gynecology and Obstetrics|date=February 2010|volume=109|issue=3|pages=245–246|url=http://www.futurehealthsystems.org/publications/care-seeking-for-postpartum-morbidities-in-murshidabad-rural.html|accessdate=26 May 2012|doi=10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.01.016|display-authors=etal}}</ref> Furthermore, because of limited government resources, much of the health care provided comes from non profits such as [[The MINDS Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web|title=What We Do: Our Purpose|url=http://www.mindsfoundation.org/our-purpose/|website=The MINDS Foundation|accessdate=29 July 2014}}</ref>

==Twelfth Five Year Plan==

=== Strategy ===
The Twelfth Five Year plan covering 2012-2017<ref>http://12thplan.gov.in/</ref> was formulated based on the recommendation of a High Level Experts Group (HLEG) and other stakeholder consultations. The long term objective of this strategy is to establish a system of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the country. Key points include:
# Substantial expansion and strengthening of public sector health care system, freeing the vulnerable population from dependence on high cost and often unreachable private sector health care system.
# Health sector expenditure by central government and state government, both plan and non-plan, will have to be substantially increased by the twelfth five-year plan. It was increased from 0.94 per cent of GDP in tenth plan to 1.04 per cent in eleventh plan. The provision of clean drinking water and sanitation as one of the principal factors in control of diseases is well established from the history of industrialised countries and it should have high priority in health related resource allocation. The expenditure on health should increased to 2.5 per cent of GDP by the end of Twelfth Five Year Plan.
# Financial and managerial system will be redesigned to ensure efficient utilisation of available resources and achieve better health outcome. Coordinated delivery of services within and across sectors, delegation matched with accountability, fostering a spirit of innovation are some of the measures proposed.
# Increasing the cooperation between private and public sector health care providers to achieve health goals. This will include contracting in of services for gap filling, and various forms of effectively regulated and managed [[Public Private Partnership|Public-Private Partnership]], while also ensuring that there is no compromise in terms of standards of delivery and that the incentive structure does not undermine health care objectives.
# The present [[Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana]] (RSBY) which provides cash less in-patient treatment through an insurance based system should be reformed to enable access to a continuum of comprehensive primary, secondary and tertiary care. In twelfth plan period entire Below Poverty Line(BPL) population will be covered through RSBY scheme. In planning health care structure for the future, it is desirable to move from a 'fee-for-service' mechanism, to address the issue of fragmentation of services that works to the detriment of preventive and primary care and also to reduce the scope of fraud and induced demand.
# In order to increase the availability of skilled human resources, a large expansion of medical schools, nursing colleges, and so on, is therefore is necessary and public sector medical schools must play a major role in the process. Special effort will be made to expand medical education in states which are under-served. In addition, a massive effort will be made to recruit and train paramedical and community level health workers.
# The multiplicity of Central sector or Centrally Sponsored Schemes has constrained the flexibility of states to make need based plans or deploy their resources in the most efficient manner. The way forward is to focus on strengthening the pillars of the health system, so that it can prevent, detect and manage each of the unique challenges that different parts of the country face.
# A series of prescription drugs reforms, promotion of essential, generic medicine and making these universally available free of cost to all patients in public facilities as a part of the Essential Health Package will be a priority.
# Effective regulation in medical practice, public health, food and drugs is essential to safeguard people against risks and unethical practices. This is especially so given the information gaps in the health sector which make it difficult for individual to make reasoned choices.
# The health system in the Twelfth Plan will continue to have a mix of public and private service providers. The public sector health services need to be strengthened to deliver both public health related and clinical services. The public and private sectors also need to coordinate for the delivery of a continuum of care. A strong regulatory system would supervise the quality of services delivered. Standard treatment guidelines should form the basis of clinical care across public and private sectors, with the adequate monitoring by the regulatory bodies to improve the quality and control the cost of care,

=== Criticism ===
[[File:AIIMS slum.jpg|thumb|250px|Students educating people about mosquito-borne diseases.]]
The High Level Expert Group report recommends an increase in public expenditure on health from 1.58 per cent of GDP currently to 2.1 per cent of GDP by the end of the 12th five-year plan. However, even this is far lower than the global median of 5 per cent.<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/business/where-the-outlook-is-healthy/article3589038.ece Retrieved from The Hindu on 27 July 2013</ref> The lack of extensive and adequately funded public health services pushes large numbers of people to incur heavy out of pocket expenditures on services purchased from the private sector. Out of pocket expenditures arise even in public sector hospitals, since lack of medicines means that patients have to buy them. This results in a very high financial burden on families in case of severe illness.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://planningcommission.gov.in/plans/planrel/12thplan/pdf/vol_3.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-07-26 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513133451/http://planningcommission.gov.in/plans/planrel/12thplan/pdf/vol_3.pdf |archivedate=13 May 2013 |df=dmy-all }} Retrieved from Planning commission site on 27 July 2013</ref> Though, the 12th plan document express concern over high out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure, it does not give any target or time frame for reducing this expense . OOP can be reduced only by increasing public expenditure on health and by setting up widespread public health service providers.<ref name=":1" /> But the planning commission is planning to do this by regulating private health care providers. It takes solace from the HLEG report which admits that, "the transformation of India’s health system to become an effective platform for UHC is an evolutionary process that will span several years".<ref>http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/UHC_ExecSummary.pdf Retrieved from Planning Commission website on 27 July 2013.</ref>

Instead of developing a better public health system with enhanced health budget, 12th five-year plan document plans to hand over health care system to private institutions. The 12th plan document causes concern over [[Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana|Rashtriya Swasthya Bhima Yojana]] being used as a medium to hand over public funds to the private sector through an insurance route. This has also incentivised unnecessary treatment which in due course will increase costs and premiums. There have been complaints about high transaction cost for this scheme due to insurance intermediaries. RSBY does not take into consideration state specific variation in disease profiles and health needs. Even though these things are acknowledged in the report, no alternative remedy is given. There is no reference to nutrition as key component of health and for universal Public Distribution System (PDS) in the plan document or HLEG recommendation. In the section of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in the document, the commitment to provide 30- to 50-bed Community Health Centres (CHC) per lakh population is missing from the main text. It was easy for the government to recruit poor women as ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) workers but it has failed to bring doctors, nurses and specialist in this area. The ASHA workers who are coming from a poor background are given incentive based on performance. These people lose many days job undertaking their task as ASHA worker which is not incentivised properly. Even the 12th plan doesn't give any solace.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.frontline.in/the-nation/private-leaning/article4275904.ece|title=Private leaning|author=T. K. Rajalakshmi|work=Frontline}}</ref> To summarise, successive administrative and political reforms have conveniently bypassed training citizens and local bodies to actively participate in healthcare. In a situation where people are not enabled to identify poor quality, speak up and debate. There is dire need for the health system to fill that role on behalf of the people and can be easily done by decentralisation of healthcare governance.

A recent study pointed out that access to advanced medical facilities under a single roof was the main reason for the choice of private hospitals in both rural and urban areas. The second major reason for private healthcare preference was proximity of the facility in the rural area and approachability and friendly conduct of doctors and staff in the urban centres.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/friendly-service-modern-facilities-draw-people-to-private-healthcare-centres/article18734394.ece|title=Friendly service, modern facilities draw people to private healthcare centres|last=Reporter|first=Staff|date=2017-06-07|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-10-01|last2=Reporter|first2=Staff|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Environment of India]]
* [[HIV/AIDS in India]]
* [[Indian states ranking by institutional delivery]]
* [[National Centre for Disease Control]] (NCDC)
* [[Poverty in India]]
* [[Healthcare in India]]
* [[Timeline of healthcare in India]]
* [[Swachh Bharat Abhiyan]]

==References==
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==External links==
* The State of the World's Midwifery – [http://www.unfpa.org/sowmy/resources/docs/country_info/profile/en_India_SoWMy_Profile.pdf India Country Profile]
* [http://www.thelancet.com/series/india-towards-universal-health-coverage Lancet -India: Towards Universal Health Coverage]
* [http://www.dinodiacapital.com/pdfs/Indian%20Healthcare%20Industry,%20November%202012.pdf Indian Healthcare Industry, November 2012 – Dinodia Capital Advisors]

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