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‘Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India’

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  • Published
    15th Dec, 2020

NITI Aayog released a white paper: Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India.

Context

NITI Aayog released a white paper: Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India.

What is Vision 2035?

  • The Covid-19 pandemic has provided us with an opportunity to revisit (re) emerging diseases due to increased interaction between human-animal-environment.
  • ‘Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India’is a continuation of the work on health systems strengthening.
  • It contributes by suggesting mainstreaming of surveillance by making individual electronic health records the basis for surveillance.
  • The white paper lays out India’s vision 2035 for public health surveillance through the integration of the three-tiered public health system into Ayushman Bharat.
  • It also spells out the need for expanded referral networks and enhanced laboratory capacity.
  • The building blocks for this vision are an interdependent federated system of governance between the Centre and states.

What is the vision of the paper?

  • To make India’s public health surveillance system more responsive and predictive
  • To enhance preparedness for action at all levels
  • To develop citizen-friendly public health surveillance system
  • To ensure individual privacy and confidentiality
  • To enabled a client feedback mechanism
  • Improved data-sharing mechanism between Centre and states for better disease detection, prevention, and control
  • To provide regional and global leadership in managing events such as a public health emergency of international concern.

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