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India to Increase Public Health Spending to 2.5% of GDP: PM Narendra Modi

NEW DELHI:
India is set to increase its public health spending to 2.5 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.

He also said India is one of the first countries to advocate focused attention on adolescence and to implement a full-fledged health promotion and prevention programme for adolescents. Addressing the 2018 Partners’ Forum here, he said the central government is set to increase its spending on public health to 2.5 percent of the GDP.

As of now, the country spends 1.15 percent of the GDP on health. The Partners’ Forum meet this year will focus on improving multi-sectoral action for results, sharing country solutions and capturing the best practices and knowledge within the health sector and among related sectors.

Modi said that under Mission Indradhaush, a massive immunisation programme, India reached 32.8 million children and 8.4 million pregnant women over the last three years.

 

NE Reporter

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