HFM April – June 2014: Long Overdue Initiatives For The Health Sector – Challenges For The New Government

Theme – Policy Interventions and Advocacy

At the dawn of India’s independence, except in a few urban centres, the country had no network of health services to speak of, even judging by the limited spread of medical science and technology as it then existed. The last half-century has seen an explosion of discoveries and inventions related to the Allopathic System of Medicine. This has, to some extent, impacted on the health scenario of our country resulting in significant improvement.