Salient features of the national health policy-2017

On March 15, 2017 the Union Cabinetapproved the new National Health Policy. The primary aim of the NHP 2017 is to inform, clarify, strengthen and prioritize the role of the Government in shaping health systems in all its dimensions, investment in health, organization and financing of healthcare services, prevention of diseases and promotion of good health through cross sectoral action, access to technologies, developing human resources, encouraging medical pluralism, building the knowledge base required for better health, financial protection strategies and regulation and progressive assurance for health. The target is to achieve “Health for All”, which has been the basic objective of NHP 2017.