Human Resource for Rural Health in India – A Pragmatic Reality
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India with a population of 102.7 crores of people, out of whom majority (around 73%) lives in rural areas, needs to make gigantic efforts for significant improvement in its public health scenario. The prerequisite for it is the availability of adequate number of human resources with suitable skills and their appropriate deployment at different levels of health care system for providing an effective health care service for the population. According to Census 2001, there are around 2.2 million workforce for health in India out of which 60 per cent reside in urban areas making a ratio of 2.5 health workers per 10000 population whereas the international standard is very high. This shortage exists in all categories of human resources at different levels and especially in rural domain. Over and above bringing qualified health workers to rural, remote, and underserved areas is very challenging. Ensuring the availability of human resources for health in rural areas and building their capacity in public health are daunting tasks. A comprehensive & holistic national policy for developing & encouraging qualified human resources for health is needed to achieve universal health care in rural India.
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