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National Health Policy-2017
Consider the following statements with reference to the National Health Policy-2017:
- The policy proposes free drugs, free diagnostics and free emergency and essential health care services in all public hospitals in a bid to provide access and financial protection.
- It proposes raising public health expenditure to 3.5% of the GDP by 2030.
- It also envisages a three-dimensional integration of AYUSH systems encompassing cross referrals, co-location and integrative practices across systems of medicines.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
A |
1 and 2
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B |
2 and 3
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C |
1 and 3
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D |
1, 2 and 3
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Your Ans is
Right ans is C
Your Answer Is Correct
Your Answer Is Wrong
Explanation :
- The National Health Policy, 2017 (NHP, 2017) seeks to reach everyone in a comprehensive integrated way to move towards wellness.
- It aims at achieving universal health coverage and delivering quality health care services to all at affordable cost.
- It denotes an important change towards a comprehensive primary health care package which includes care for major NCDs (non-communicable diseases), mental health, geriatric health care, palliative care and rehabilitative care services.
- It envisages providing larger package of assured comprehensive primary health care through the ‘Health and Wellness Centres’.
- The policy proposes free drugs, free diagnostics and free emergency and essential health care services in all public hospitals in a bid to provide access and financial protection.
- It also envisages a three-dimensional integration of AYUSH systems encompassing cross referrals, co-location and integrative practices across systems of medicines.
- The policy proposes raising public health expenditure to 2.5% of the GDP by 2025.
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