Healthcare a critical area in need of improvement: NITI Aayog
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Despite India's rapid economic growth and successful poverty alleviation in the past decade, healthcare remains a critical area that needs improvement, according to a report by government think-tank NITI Aayog.
When bench marked against countries with similar levels of economic development, India is lagging on some critical health indicators. Moreover, there are huge disparities across states and union territories, according to NITI Aayog's second edition of Healthy States, Progressive India.
The health outcomes of some states are comparable to that of some upper-middle-income countries and high-income countries. For example, Sustainable Development Goals in Kerala are similar to that of Brazil or Argentina.
But some other states have health outcomes similar to that in the poorest countries in the world. For example, neonatal mortality rate in Odisha is close to that of Sierra Leone.
Among the larger states, the overall health index score for 2017-18 (reference year) of the best-performing state is more than two-and-a-half times of the overall score of the least-performing state, said the report.
When bench marked against countries with similar levels of economic development, India is lagging on some critical health indicators. Moreover, there are huge disparities across states and union territories, according to NITI Aayog's second edition of Healthy States, Progressive India.
The health outcomes of some states are comparable to that of some upper-middle-income countries and high-income countries. For example, Sustainable Development Goals in Kerala are similar to that of Brazil or Argentina.
But some other states have health outcomes similar to that in the poorest countries in the world. For example, neonatal mortality rate in Odisha is close to that of Sierra Leone.
Among the larger states, the overall health index score for 2017-18 (reference year) of the best-performing state is more than two-and-a-half times of the overall score of the least-performing state, said the report.
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