Overview of Do We Care: India s Health System Book

India is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Yet health is not a part of our ambitious development story. In fact, India s disproportionately stingy healthcare budget makes some of the poorer nations look better in comparison. Statistics, however, speak louder than critics: we have one of the highest numbers of women dying in childbirth and under-five mortality rates. Every year nearly sixty million people get pushed below the poverty line due to the health expenditures that they incur. But there are a few bright spots too: India has eradicated polio and reversed the incidence of HIV/AIDS by an impressive margin.Drawing on her experience as the former union health secretary, K. Sujatha Rao gives us an unsparingly candid insider s view of India s health system. This richly detailed book favours increasing the health budget, greater use of technology and providing leadership and good governance. Rao argues that unless good health is prioritized as a national goal, India s growth story will remain largely self-congratulatory.

• • Book Type :

Medicine&HealthSciences

• • Book Binding :

Paperback

• • Language :

English

• • Number of Pages :

• • ISBN - 10 :

0199469547

• • Do We Care: India s Health System Published On :

3 Jan 2017

• • Resource:

Students and Professionals:Textbooks, Medicine&HealthSciences

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