Seven charts show India healthcare needs an overhaul

 15-Dec-15, Live Mint

Despite recording several gains in health in recent years, India continues to lag several health indicators such as mortality rates and malnutrition. The country carries a disproportionate burden of the world’s sick. Home to 17.5% of earth’s population, India accounts for 20% of the global burden of disease, 27% of all neonatal deaths and 21% of all child deaths (younger than five years).

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In a paper released over the weekend in health journal Lancet, a team of researchers led by Vikram Patel, a professor at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, identified seven structural problems in India’s healthcare system.

Read full article for the seven charts that sum up these key challenges:

1. A weak primary healthcare system
2. Unequally distributed human resources
3. Large unregulated private sector
4. Low public spending
5. Fragmented information systems
6. Irrational drug use and spiralling cost
7. Weak governance and accountability

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