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Why Healthcare?
1. Awareness or the lack of it
Adequate knowledge regarding breastfeeding practice was found in only one-third of the antenatal mothers in two studies.
Moving ahead in the lifecycle, a study in urban Haryana found that only 11.3% of the adolescent girls studied knew correctly about key reproductive health issues.
A review article on geriatric morbidity found that 20.3% of participants were aware of common causes of prevalent illness and their prevention.
The message is clear – we must strive to raise awareness in those whom we work with and must encourage the younger generation to believe in the power of education for behavior change.
2. Access or the lack of it
Physical reach is one of the basic determinants of access, defined as “ the ability to enter a healthcare facility within 5 km from the place of residence or work” Using this definition, a study in India in 2012 found that in rural areas, only 37% of people were able to access IP facilities within a 5 km distance, and 68% were able to access out-patient facilities Krishna and Ananthapur, in their 2012 paper, postulate that in general, the more rustic (rural) one's existence – the further one lives from towns – the greater are the odds of disease, malnourishment, weakness, and premature death.
We must encourage discussion on the determinants of access to healthcare. We should identify and analyze possible barriers to access in the financial, geographic, social, and system-related domains, and do our best to get our students and peers thinking about the problem of access to good quality healthcare.
3. Absence or the humanpower crisis in healthcare
Any discussion on healthcare delivery should include arguably the most central of the characters involved – the human workforce.
A 2011 study estimated that India has roughly 20 health workers per 10,000 population.
The lack of a qualified person at the point of delivery when a person has traveled a fair distance to reach is a big discouragement to the health-seeking behavior of the population. According to the rural health statistics of the Government of India (2015), about 10.4% of the sanctioned posts of auxiliary nurse midwives are vacant, which rises to 40.7% of the posts of male health workers. Twenty-seven percentage of doctor posts at PHCs were vacant, which is more than a quarter of the sanctioned posts.
It is time for a policy on health human power to be articulated, which must outline measures to ensure that the last Indian is taken care of by a sensitive, trained, and competent healthcare worker.
4. Affordability or the cost of healthcare
It is common knowledge that the private sector is the dominant player in the healthcare arena in India.
Almost 75% of healthcare expenditure comes from the pockets of households, and catastrophic healthcare cost is an important cause of impoverishment.
The public sector offers healthcare at low or no cost but is perceived as being unreliable, of indifferent quality and generally is not the first choice, unless one cannot afford private care.
5. Accountability or the lack of it
Being accountable has been defined as the procedures and processes by which one party justifies and takes responsibility for its activities. References
OUR PRIORITY
Awareness
Accessibility
Affordability
Humanpower
Accountability
Why Education?
250 million children out-of-school
New UNESCO data shows that the global number of out-of-school children has risen by 6 million since 2021 and now totals 250 million.
Globally, 16 % of children and youth (covering primary to upper secondary) are not attending school.
At primary level, 1 out of 10 children worldwide are not in school.
122 million, or 48% of the out-of-school population are girls and young women.
OUR PRIORITY
Early Childhood Care & Education
Curriculum Reform & Innovation
Enhancing Teacher Quality
Equity & Inclusion
Assessment & Accountability
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