How Healthcare Campaigns are Helping in Growth of India
India’s public health policy has experienced an important change in the last few
years. The nation’s active approach to health campaigns has improved the health
of its people and served as an impulse for its general development. India’s
strategic focus on health campaigns has emerged as an important factor in
shaping its socio-economic environment, considering its growing population and
a variety of healthcare challenges.
In India, health campaigns include a wide range of campaigns created to address
different health issues. These include vaccination drives, illness awareness
programs, and attempts to promote hygiene. Governmental organizations,
international organizations, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
commonly coordinate these projects together with participants and local
communities.
Developing public health systems and infrastructure is one of the health
campaigns’ most important contributions to India’s development. The government
is improving the system for providing healthcare, specifically in rural and
underdeveloped regions, by investing in healthcare facilities and making special
efforts. In terms of saving lives, increased access to healthcare services
promotes productivity by promising a healthy population.
Health campaigns are necessary for the prevention and management of disease.
Vaccinations against illnesses like polio, measles, and tetanus have been crucial
in decreasing the number of avoidable cases, and avoiding the costs of medical
care and lost productivity that come with these conditions. In the same way,
public health initiatives that encourage good hygiene habits like handwashing
and sanitation have been successful in lowering the prevalence of illnesses
caused by water.
The Government of India has started campaigns through which the poor people
or the people of rural areas who cannot afford the treatment or the medicine
because of heavy cost price, so they get help from the yojanas which are run by
the government. According to several reports, around 65 crore people are getting
benefits due to Ayushman Bharat youjna and around 32.40 crore people have
issued Ayushman Bharat cards. This will help the people to get free access to
healthcare insurance for the people who come under low-income earners.
Around 6.2 crore hospital admissions worth more than Rs. 79,157 crores have
been invested by the central government in this young.
There are so many other programs also which help people in their well-being like
Central Government Health Scheme, Aam Aadmi Bima Yojna, Universal Health
Insurance Scheme, Etc. These schemes help people to get money for treatment
and to get better treatment in the best hospitals. Because of these schemes poor
people save money on their health and they invest that money in their education
and for their better work.
According to Dr. Subhash Gupta, Chairman of Red Cross Society,
Ghaziabad- Health campaigns are important for the development of the nation, to keep
people aware. So many people get benefits from these campaigns. It plays a
very crucial role in the time of COVID-19 to save people’s lives through the
campaigns run by the government during COVID-19 vaccination. India is
addressing health challenges reducing the disease burden and enhancing
well-being. By these efforts, India is not only improving the quality of life for its
citizens but also improving economic prosperity. Healthier populations contribute
to increased productivity and reduce healthcare costs.
