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2023

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which target has not been set by Government of India in Health Policy 2017?
A
Eradicate TB by 2025
B
Eradication of leprosy by 2018
C
Target to reduce vision impairment cases to 0.5 per thousand by 2020
D
Reduce the fertility rate to 2.1 by 2025.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It also seeks to strengthen health infrastructure to 2 beds/ 1000 population and provide free drugs, free diagnostics and essential health care in all public hospitals. The NHP’s key goals are to improve the life expectancy at birth from 67.5 years to 70 years by 2025 and reduce the infant mortality to 28 by 2018.

Detailed explanation-2: -It proposes free drugs, free diagnostics and free emergency and essential healthcare services in public hospitals. The policy advocates allocating two-thirds (of resources to primary care. It proposes two beds per 1, 000 of the population to enable access within the first 60 minutes after a traumatic injury.

Detailed explanation-3: -Key Policy Principles: Professionalism, Integrity and Ethics: The health policy commits itself to the highest professional standards, integrity and ethics to be maintained in the entire system of health care 1 delivery in the country, supported by a credible, transparent and responsible regulatory environment.

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