PM Narendra Modi on public health spending
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India is one of the first countries to advocate focused attention on adolescence and to implement a full-fledged health promotion and prevention programme for adolescents. Addressing the 2018 Partners' Forum in Delhi, Modi said the Central government is set to increase the public health spending to 2.5 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025.
As of now, the country spends 1.15 per cent of the GDP on health.
This year’s Partners' Forum meet will focus on improving multi-sectoral action for results, sharing country solutions and capturing the best practices and knowledge within the health sector and among related sectors.
Under Mission Indradhaush, a massive immunisation programme, India reached 32.8 million children and 8.4 million pregnant women over the last three years, the prime minister said.
"We have made a lot of progress in the last few years and yet a lot remains to be done. From bigger budgets to better outcomes and from mindset change to monitoring, there are a lot of interventions required," Modi said.
