International Conference on Public Health – ICOPH 2015

Promoting Global Health through Equitable Access to Health System, 13-14 May 2015, Colombo, Sri Lanka About the Conference First objective is to create a platform to discuss about the real meaning of promoting global health together with equitable access to health...

Prescriptions for Health Sector

Recognizing the urgent need to improve the performance of health care system in the country the Central government recently released the Draft National Health Policy 2015 document. It is now in the public domain seeking comments from various stakeholders. The document...

Centre moots health as a fundamental right

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has suggested making health a fundamental right, similar to education. This key proposal in the draft National Health Policy, 2015, suggests making denial of health an offence. Thirteen years after the previous health...

Why the new National Health Policy is a step in the wrong direction

The draft National Health Policy 2015, released by the government to invite public comments, may pose formidable problems of implementation. The policy is an odd throwback to the language of the previous regime. It aims to make health a fundamental right, similar to...