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132540
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The past decade has witnessed unprecedented levels of investment and engagement in global health spurred by the global HIV/AIDS crisis, the development of the Millennium Development Goals, momentum in polio eradication, and global outbreaks of infectious diseases such as SARS with its US$40 billion cost to society. Characterized by a sense of urgency, pragmatism, and opportunity, global health services and public health systems are being advanced to respond to rapidly expanding demands with dramatic results. However, much more remains to be done. After a decade in emergency mode, the next phase of global health work requires an even more precise approach and smarter investments. Many "donor" nations and organizations have tightened their belts in response to the recent economic downturn, while at the same time increasing the numbers of "recipient" countries, and are now better able to invest more of their own resources to benefit and protect their own citizens. In this climate, global health investments in programs and innovations must be better targeted and better informed by strategic information more than four-fold from US $6.7 billion in 1993 to US $28.4 billion in 2011. Accompanying this investment was a striking decline in mortality in children under five years of age from 12.6 million deaths in 1990 to 6.6 deaths million in 2012. Improvements in health are not the only positive outcome of these investments. The same Commission concluded that global health is a smart investment - for every dollar invested in health, it can be expected that there will be a 10-20 fold return in economic benefit to society. Healthier people are more productive and contribute back to the economy. Healthier people also lower health care costs, naturally, by requiring less care.
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132541
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2014.
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HIV is no longer a death sentence" - that hopeful declaration-which would have been unthinkable even a decade ago- has now become a cliché by repetition whenever experts, physicians, academics and journalists gather to chart progress in fighting the disease and to set goals for the future. But for many people, sadly, that statement is not actually true. There remains no cure for the disease, and not everyone can get access to the anti-retrovirals (ARVs) that have done so much to help so many. This reflects the painful truth that poverty remains a major impediment to good health in the developing and even the developed world.
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192914
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Pandemic recast India’s healthcare system; and within a short span of time
catalyzed changes in its fragmented infrastructure and workflows. The Covid19 pandemic time demands on the health systems worldwide had catapulted
the country into the global scenario reiterating its status as an aspirant of
global pharmacy status and hub of healthcare expertise. India’s proficiency in
the field has been reflected for years in the inflow of medical tourists to
India’s renowned private sector hospitals and few in the public sector and
outflow of medical workforce, including doctors and nurses to the developed
world. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the glaring shortages of trained
medical workforce in the developed world, offering an opportunity for India
to fill the gap. India’s timely medical assistance to several countries during
the peak of the pandemic has reinforced its soft power, besides enhancing its
credentials as an important global player in health sector. The pandemic has
underlined the importance of adopting modern and advanced tools such as
information technology, digital platforms in health sector. There is now a
growing realization about the importance of Public Private Partnerships (PPP)
in the health sector. The issues which are of global dimension in health sector
include sustained supply chains particularly during the global disasters,
international cooperation, global health security, strengthening health systems,
inequities, role of World Health Organization (WHO) etc. Can India derive
strategic benefits in expanding Global Health Diplomacy?
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