NEW DELHI: India’s focus on improved and strengthened primary and secondary health care services with stress on multiple sectors has yielded results not just in terms of positive health indicators but also in a robust health system, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said Thursday.
He said this gives India the confidence to move from “selective to comprehensive” primary health care services.
Noting that India is building a larger digital health ecosystem to help form electronic health records of citizens which is portable and universally accessible through a health information exchange, Nadda said this will ensure privacy and security of data.
Nadda was speaking on the theme ‘The Future of Primary Health Care’ at the plenary session of ‘2nd International Conference on Primary Health Care (PHC) towards UHC and SDGs’ at Astana in Kazakhstan.
“The Union Health Minister said India has focused on improved primary health care services and established referral linkages including transport and strengthened secondary care services, that has largely focused on maternal, newborn, nutrition, child health and communicable disease. (AGENCIES)
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