Specific Event Timeline
Event: New Implementation of Healthcare Reform
Date: Election 2014
Description: The Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance came to power in India during May of 2014. With the election of this new party brought about the change of healthcare in India. Notoriously known for putting very little of its GDP into healthcare, the newly elected party ran on the campaign to bring 'transparency in health-care services and provide health insurance to all citizens'. To start off its initiation, the party right away elected Harsh Vardhan to be the India new Health Minister. Known to be the pioneer of India's Pulse Polio Program, this ear, nose, and throat surgeon seems qualified for his position. In addition, he served as the heath minister previously from 1993-1998. It is believed to be a tough road ahead for Vardhan as the country of India operates mostly on private insurance agencies for those who can afford it. As of 2015, though it has been pledged, little has gone into furthering the operation of this new plan due to budgeting.
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Event: Eradication of Polio virus
Date: March 27th, 2014
Description: In 2012, India was taken off the WHO's list of countries with endemic wild polio virus transmission. With the final recorded case taking place in January 2011, India was able to successfully eradicate the virus through the work of its Pulse Polio Immunization Program, which was launched in 1995. The plan included administering polio drops to children ages 0-5 every year during the National Immunization Day. In all about 172 million children were immunized during the National Immunization Day thus helping eradicate the disease over the 16 year project.
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Event: Air Quality Change by WHO
Date: Story Published April 06, 2015
Description: The Environmental minister of India, Prakash Javadekar, had to make a plan of action the reported WHO's declaration that the country capital of New Delhi is the most polluted capital in the world. The plan to newly report the pollution index of Indian cities will reach across ten of the countries biggest cities and include some such as Delhi, Kanpur, and Bangalore. The hope in getting new index readings for each city will bring awareness to the people of that city to take steps to decrease air pollution. The WHO reported over 1,600 cities and found Delhi to be the highest annual average concentration of small airborne particles known as PM2.5. This particle is linked to bronchitis, lung cancer, and heart disease. In addition, it was reported that on average at least 3,000 people die prematurely every year in Delhi due to the high exposure of air pollution.
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Citation: http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-to-measure-air-quality-in-worlds-most-polluted-capital-752562
Event: The Private Health Sector In India is Failing its people
Date of Article: November 19th, 2005
Citation: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1285083/
Description: In an overview of studying the private verses public healthcare system of India, there came an article that summed up the history and issues of India's healthcare system. When Great Britain pulled out of India in 1947, it left the country using then only 5-10% of private healthcare costs. By 2005, the private health sector accounts for 82% of outpatient visits, 58% of inpatient expenditure, and 40% of births. People are flocking from all over the world to use the low cost and fast result method of treatment in India. Doctors are able to perform surgeries at a cost unlike many other countries such as the UK and the United States. Regardless of its international business, India is reportedly failing its people. It is stated that India is one of the lowest spenders of its GDP on its public health care industry. Thus its people who can not afford real privatized healthcare are unable to receive certain treatments or be seen in the same manner as those who can afford the private industry. Many doctors and nurses flock to these private healthcare industries as well due to their better working environments and salaries. In order to nurse this issue it is believed that the public healthcare sector must be stronger established and funded.
Event: New Implementation of Healthcare Reform
Date: Election 2014
Description: The Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance came to power in India during May of 2014. With the election of this new party brought about the change of healthcare in India. Notoriously known for putting very little of its GDP into healthcare, the newly elected party ran on the campaign to bring 'transparency in health-care services and provide health insurance to all citizens'. To start off its initiation, the party right away elected Harsh Vardhan to be the India new Health Minister. Known to be the pioneer of India's Pulse Polio Program, this ear, nose, and throat surgeon seems qualified for his position. In addition, he served as the heath minister previously from 1993-1998. It is believed to be a tough road ahead for Vardhan as the country of India operates mostly on private insurance agencies for those who can afford it. As of 2015, though it has been pledged, little has gone into furthering the operation of this new plan due to budgeting.
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Citation:
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)61016-3/fulltext
Event: Eradication of Polio virus
Date: March 27th, 2014
Description: In 2012, India was taken off the WHO's list of countries with endemic wild polio virus transmission. With the final recorded case taking place in January 2011, India was able to successfully eradicate the virus through the work of its Pulse Polio Immunization Program, which was launched in 1995. The plan included administering polio drops to children ages 0-5 every year during the National Immunization Day. In all about 172 million children were immunized during the National Immunization Day thus helping eradicate the disease over the 16 year project.
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Citation:
http://nrhm.gov.in/images/pdf/programmes/immunization/pulse-polio-programme/brief_note.pdf
Event: Air Quality Change by WHO
Date: Story Published April 06, 2015
Description: The Environmental minister of India, Prakash Javadekar, had to make a plan of action the reported WHO's declaration that the country capital of New Delhi is the most polluted capital in the world. The plan to newly report the pollution index of Indian cities will reach across ten of the countries biggest cities and include some such as Delhi, Kanpur, and Bangalore. The hope in getting new index readings for each city will bring awareness to the people of that city to take steps to decrease air pollution. The WHO reported over 1,600 cities and found Delhi to be the highest annual average concentration of small airborne particles known as PM2.5. This particle is linked to bronchitis, lung cancer, and heart disease. In addition, it was reported that on average at least 3,000 people die prematurely every year in Delhi due to the high exposure of air pollution.
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Citation:
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-to-measure-air-quality-in-worlds-most-polluted-capital-752562
Event: The Private Health Sector In India is Failing its people
Date of Article: November 19th, 2005
Citation: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1285083/
Description: In an overview of studying the private verses public healthcare system of India, there came an article that summed up the history and issues of India's healthcare system. When Great Britain pulled out of India in 1947, it left the country using then only 5-10% of private healthcare costs. By 2005, the private health sector accounts for 82% of outpatient visits, 58% of inpatient expenditure, and 40% of births. People are flocking from all over the world to use the low cost and fast result method of treatment in India. Doctors are able to perform surgeries at a cost unlike many other countries such as the UK and the United States. Regardless of its international business, India is reportedly failing its people. It is stated that India is one of the lowest spenders of its GDP on its public health care industry. Thus its people who can not afford real privatized healthcare are unable to receive certain treatments or be seen in the same manner as those who can afford the private industry. Many doctors and nurses flock to these private healthcare industries as well due to their better working environments and salaries. In order to nurse this issue it is believed that the public healthcare sector must be stronger established and funded.