India has 20 health workers per 10,000 people: NSSO study

04, Jun 2019

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CONTEXT:

  • National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) data showed that India has 20.6 health workers per 10,000 people.
  •  This is less than the World Health Organization’s (WHO) minimum overreach of 22.8 per 10,000 people.

BACKGROUND:

  • This is uneven between the urban and rural areas.
  •  Rural areas with 71 % of India’s population have only 36% of health workers.
  • Delhi highest concentration of health workers followed by Kerala, Punjab, and Haryana.
  • Public and private sector: The study has further notified that there is an uneven distribution of health workforce seen in public and health sector too.
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