14th National Health Profile

This article will study the ministry of health and family welfare and the NHS. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is a government ministry in India responsible for health policy. It is also in charge of all government-sponsored family planning programs in India. Its main goals include improving access to primary health care services for people from all walks of life. Improving the health of mothers and children. Assuring a slower pace of population growth to attain population stabilisation. The goal is to offer planners, policymakers, health administrators, researchers, and anyone involved in improving the community’s health and socioeconomic position important information for informed planning and decision-making. Now, let’s look in detail at the main topic. 

About the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 

First of all, we need to know the ministry of health and family welfare. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is a government ministry in India responsible for health policy. It is also in charge of all government-sponsored family planning programmes in India. As a member of the Council of Ministers, the Minister of Health and Family Welfare has cabinet rank. Mansukh L. Mandaviya is the current Minister, while Dr Bharati Pawar is the current Minister of State for Health (MOS: assistant to Minister, i.e. currently Mansukh L. Mandaviya’s assistant). The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), an autonomous authority for creating standards for medications, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare devices and technologies in India, has published the Indian Pharmacopoeia regularly since 1955. The Indian System of Medicine and Homeopathy Department (ISM&H) was founded in 1995. In 2003, the department has renamed the Department of Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH). AYUSH is primarily concerned with research and Education. On November 9, 2014, the Department of AYUSH was promoted from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to the Ministry of AYUSH. 

What is NHP? 

The Central Bureau of Health Intelligence publishes the National Health Profile (NHP) every year (CBHI). The annual publication was first published in 2005. It includes everything you need to know about Demography, Socioeconomic Status, Disease Morbidity and Mortality, Healthcare Finance, Human Resources in Health, and Healthcare Infrastructure. NHP is a data-publishing project that adheres to international standards. The goal of NHP is to establish a flexible data repository of Indian health information and make it accessible to all stakeholders in the healthcare industry. This health information database is comprehensive, up-to-date, and simple to use. 

The health status is defined by recent developments in demography, illness profile (communicable and non-communicable/lifestyle diseases), and accessible health resources. The disease profile has been given using the Family of International classification’s standard coding (FIC). This enhances data interoperability on a global scale. The goal is to offer planners, policymakers, health administrators, researchers, and anyone involved in improving the community’s health and socioeconomic position important information for informed planning and decision-making. This article will benefit medical postgraduates and trainees in medical and paramedical fields.

About 14th National Health Profile, 2019 

The 14th National Health Profile (NHP)-2019 and its e-book were launched on October 30, 2019, by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (digital version). The National Health Profile has been published by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI) since 2005, and its digital version since 2015. The NHP 2019 contains a lot of information. This publication aims to establish a flexible database of Indian health data and make it accessible to all stakeholders in the healthcare industry. The goal is to offer planners, policymakers, health administrators, researchers, and anyone involved in improving the community’s health and socioeconomic position important information for informed planning and decision-making. Also, there are major concerns of the health and family welfare ministry regarding NHP. 

The NHP highlights important health data under major indicators, such as:

• Population and vital statistics are two demographic indicators.
• Education, jobs, housing and amenities, drinking water and sanitation, are socioeconomic indicators.
• Incidence and prevalence of prevalent communicable and non-communicable diseases are used as health status indicators.
• Indicators of health finance include health insurance and health spending.
• Human resource health refers to the availability of healthcare workers.
• Medical and Dental Colleges, AYUSH Institutes, Nursing Courses, and Paramedical Courses are all listed in the health infrastructure section. 

Conclusion 

We learned about the health and family welfare ministry and the National Health Profile in this article. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is a government ministry in India responsible for health policy. It is also in charge of all government-sponsored family planning programmes in India. Also, The Central Bureau of Health Intelligence publishes the National Health Profile (NHP) every year (CBHI). The annual publication was first published in 2005. It includes everything you need to know about Demography, Socioeconomic Status, Disease Morbidity and Mortality, Healthcare Finance, Human Resources in Health, and Healthcare Infrastructure. We also studied the main concerns and objectives of the 14th National Health Profile.