Public Health Care of India: An Overview

Health and human development form integral components of overall socio-economic development of a nation. Public Health is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based on population health analysis. Health is defined and promoted differently by many organizations. “The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic and social condition”. Gender need to be added to this list. Health is man.s greatest possession, for it lays a foundation for his happiness. Charaka, the renowned Ayurvedic physician is known to have said: “Health is vital for ethical, artistic, material and spiritual development of man”. According to her, the post-colonial public health, unfortunately, reflected not only major continuities from the past, but also attempted to reestablished those in the spheres of planning, development of organisation, delivery of services and choices of technology. Thus, the promotion of health cannot be achieved by measures that derive from any single health discipline, nor can health measures be considered a. dependency of the broader educational, social, economic and administrative factors that are crucial to human development. Tina: is why, Inter-Sectoral coordination is essential.