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The Face Of Indian Health Care: A World Health Day Evaluation

The World Health Day is celebrated on the 7th of April every year. The theme of the World Health Day this year is to reduce child mortality, improve maternal health and combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases. The slogan for World Health Day 2006 is "Working together for health".The healthcare industry world over this year has been put under the magnifying glass. The governments of countries like the United States, United Kingdom, India and Africa are being but under constant pressure to create a Health care network providing not only better care but also free services to the underprivileged.
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Child Health

In developing countries including India 'infant mortality' continues to be very high. Recent survey conducted shows that many of these deaths could be prevented if more awareness is established on the government immunization programs. Ironically, India's Immunization Program is one of the largest in the world in terms of quantities of vaccines used, numbers of beneficiaries, and the numbers of immunization sessions organized when considering diversity and the geographical spread of the country. Child immunization is the act of preventing childhood diseases such as diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, poliomyelitis, typhoid and childhood tuberculosis, measles, chicken pox and small pox by giving chemical substances, which contains the contributing organization at a reduced viral state. Most immunizations can be given either through an injection or through the mouth
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Medical Tourism

The countries where medical tourism is being actively promoted include Greece, South Africa, Jordan, India, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore. India is a recent entrant into medical tourism. According to a recent joint study on medical tourism by McKinsey-CII: "By 2012, if medical tourism were to reach 25 per cent of revenues of private up-market players, up to Rs 10,000 crore will be added to the revenues of these players". The Indian government predicts that India's $17-billion-a-year health-care industry could grow 13 per cent in each of the next six years, boosted by medical tourism, which industry watchers say is growing at 30 per cent annually.
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