The National Health Policy, 2017 (NHP, 2017) seeks to reach everyone in a comprehensive integrated way to move towards wellness. It aims at achieving universal health coverage and delivering quality health care services to all at affordable cost.
The policy envisages as its goal the attainment of the highest possible level of health and well-being for all at all ages, through a preventive and promotive health care orientation in all developmental policies, and universal access to good quality health care services without anyone having to face financial hardship as a consequence. This would be achieved through increasing access, improving quality and lowering the cost of healthcare delivery.
Specific Quantitative Goals and Objectives
Health Status and Programme Impact
Life Expectancy and healthy life
Increase Life Expectancy at birth from 67.5 to 70 by 2025.
Reduction of TFR to 2.1 at national and sub-national level by 2025.
Mortality by Age and/ or cause
Reduce Under Five Mortality to 23 by 2025 and MMR from current levels to 100 by 2020.
Reduce infant mortality rate to 28 by 2019.
Reduction of disease prevalence/ incidence
Achieve global target of 2020 which is also termed as target of 90:90:90, for HIV/AIDS i.e, - 90% of all people living with HIV know their HIV status, - 90% of all people diagnosed with HIV infection receive sustained antiretroviral therapy and 90% of all people receiving antiretroviral therapy will have viral suppression.
Achieve and maintain elimination status of Leprosy by 2018, Kala-Azar by 2017 and Lymphatic Filariasis in endemic pockets by 2017.
To reduce premature mortality from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory diseases by 25% by 2025.
Health Systems strengthening
Health finance
Increase health expenditure by Government as a percentage of GDP from the existing 1.1 5 % to 2.5 % by 2025.
Increase State sector health spending to > 8% of their budget by 2020.
Health Infrastructure and Human Resource
Ensure availability of paramedics and doctors as per Indian Public Health Standard (IPHS) norm in high priority districts by 2020.
Increase community health volunteers to population ratio as per IPHS norm, in high priority districts by 2025.
Establish primary and secondary care facility as per norm s in high priority districts (population as well as time to reach norms) by 2025.
Health Management Information
Strengthen the health surveillance system and establish registries for diseases of public health importance by 2020.
Establish federated integrated health information architecture, Health Information Exchanges and National Health Information Network by 2025.
