India Vision 2035 Public Health Surveillance in India - Summary
The India Vision 2035 document on Public Health Surveillance in India aims to enhance the country’s health system to better respond to health challenges. This white paper, released by NITI Aayog, presents a detailed plan to create a public health surveillance system that is both responsive and predictive, ensuring the preparedness to take action at all levels. 🌟
Key Features of the Vision
- To make India’s public health surveillance system more responsive and predictive to enhance preparedness for action at all levels.
- Citizen-friendly public health surveillance system will ensure individual privacy and confidentiality, enabled with a client feedback mechanism.
- The improved data-sharing mechanism between Centre and states for better disease detection, prevention, and control.
- India aims to provide regional and global leadership in managing events that constitute a public health emergency of international concern.
Leadership and Vision
The white paper was released by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Member (Health) Dr. Vinod K. Paul, CEO Amitabh Kant, and Additional Secretary Dr. Rakesh Sarwal.
‘Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India’ is a continuation of the work on strengthening health systems. It contributes by suggesting the inclusion of individual electronic health records as a basis for surveillance. Public health surveillance (PHS) is a crucial function that spans all levels of care—primary, secondary, and tertiary. After all, surveillance means ‘Information for Action’.
The Covid-19 pandemic has given us the chance to re-evaluate new and re-emerging diseases caused by increased interactions among humans, animals, and the environment. Early detection of these interactions is vital to breaking the chain of transmission and building a resilient surveillance system. This vision document is a significant step in that direction; it clarifies the vision and outlines the essential building blocks. It foresees a citizen-friendly public health system that includes stakeholders at all levels—individuals, communities, healthcare facilities, and laboratories—while safeguarding individual privacy and confidentiality.
The white paper details India’s vision for 2035 regarding public health surveillance through the integration of a three-tiered public health system into Ayushman Bharat. It also emphasizes the need for expanded referral networks and improved laboratory capabilities. The foundation of this vision lies in a cooperative governance system between the Centre and states, the introduction of a new data-sharing mechanism that utilizes analytics, health informatics, and data science, and innovative ways to share ‘information for action’.
This document aims to serve as a vision statement to advance public health surveillance in India, positioning the nation as a global leader in this field.
You can easily download the full document of India Vision 2035 in PDF format using the link below, or explore alternative links for more details.
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