1. National Rural Health Policy
Healing Touch
Universalizing access to quality primary healthcare
Brain Bugs
National Rural Health Policy

2.  Lack of awareness in the rural areas. Most rural folks either don’t believe in the
policies undertaken by the administration or succumb to orthodox practices for
treatment
 Poorly maintained healthcare services especially the infrastructure in the rural
areas. The rural people have to resort to private doctors in the urban areas
which is not affordable by most of them
 Rural Doctors to population ratio is lower by 6 times
 Rural beds to population ratio is lower by 15 times
 Villagers are duped mostly when it comes to charges
 7 out of 10 medicines in rural areas are substandard
 India suffers a shortfall of more than 26 lakhs health care workers
Health Problems faced by Rural Population
‘Rural India is one the most neglected areas in terms of Healthcare
expenditure’
National Rural Health Policy

3. Introducing Public Healthcare Courses
• Collaborate with government institutes for the introduction of Public Healthcare courses
at both Bachelors and Masters level for students (mostly rural)
• They will be recruited in the PHC as health Inspector.
Merits
• Employment rate will increase in the Rural Areas.
National Rural Health Policy
Introducing Public
Healthcare Courses
Improving Infrastructure
(Government-Private-
Community Partnerships)
Mandatory practice for
MBBS graduates for 1 year
Proposed Solution
National Rural Health Policy

4. Improving Infrastructure (Government-Private-Community Partnerships)
• Collaborating with the private sectors to take control over the improving and making
PHCs
• Government providing medicines and trained manpower to each PHCs on time
• Community contributing adequate land resources for PHCs
Merits
• Collaboration will reduce the monetary pressure on the government
Mandatory Practice for MBBS Graduates for 1 year
• Incrementing the number of doctors in rural area by mandatory practice of MBBS
grads for 1 year.
Merits
• This will ensure Doctors in PHCs and Doctors can have a social and developmental
exposure after the graduation
National Rural Health Policy

5. Setting up the
National Rural
Health Policy
• Overtaking
present primary
health facilities
• Coordination
with Department
of Health &
Family Welfare
Improving Existing
Services
• Identifying
Private Partners
• Setting up of
Rural Health
Institutes in 25
States
• Training existing
Human Resource
• Improving
existing
infrastructure
Setting up new
PHCs
• Increasing the
number of PHCs
to 30,000
• Starting a new
course on Rural
Health thereby
adding a
workforce of
30,000 Health
Inspectors
Stage I Stage II Stage III
Implementation of the National Rural Health Policy
National Rural Health Policy

6. Overtaking the
administration of
all Primary
Health Facilities
present
Coordination
with Department
of Health &
Family Welfare
Introduction of
compulsory rural
service for MBBS
graduates
Identifying the
target areas
where
immediate
growth is needed
Setting up the National Rural Health Policy
State
Governments Central
Government
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
(MHFW)
Community/Local Bodies
Private Partners
Ministry of Health
& Family Welfare
National Rural Health Policy

7. Inviting Private
partners for
collaboration
Improving existing
infrastructure with
the help of Private
partners
Setting up Rural
Health Institutes
in 25 states
Training Health
officials, health
inspectors and
rural health
workers state wise
Improving Existing Services
Private
Partners
Community/Local Bodies
Government
(State/Union)
Private
Partners
MHFW
MHRD
Government
(State/Union)
MHFW
MHFW
National Rural Health Policy

8. Setting up new
PHCs
Starting a new
education program
on Rural Health at
both Bachelor’s
and Master’s level
Maintaining and
sustaining the
services provided
Increasing the
program reach
Setting up new PHCs
MHFW
Community/Local Bodies
Private
Partners
MHRD
Private Partners
Government
(State/Union)
National Rural Health Policy

9. ‘The policy will ensure the primary healthcare
to the rural population in India’
Impact of the Policy
 Creating such PHC’s using
community-government –
private partnership will
bring all the stake holders
in mutual understanding
 The rural youth can easily
be employed in PHC’s by
acquiring the required
qualifications without
migrating to urban area
 Giving a valuable social
exposure to the Doctors
working under NRHP
National Rural Health Policy (NRHP) will fill the
void between the rural areas (where 70% of
the India’s population lives) and the primary
medical facilities which will forge the way
ahead for the Better & Healthier India
This model of Community-Government –Private
partnership will act as a model for the further
improvement, so that in later years, with such
structure, we can improve the conditions of
Health services being provided
National Rural Health Policy

10. ‘The challenges will be to create a sustainable model with adequate funds,
manpower and infrastructure’
 Creating a sustainable community-
government –private partnership to
drive the success of this model
 Awareness regarding the Public
Health services in rural areas
 Ensuring the participation of private
sector
 Creating understanding with
medical fraternity to practice in the
rural area
 To create brigade of new graduates
to serve the purpose of Public
Health
Challenges Mitigation
 Creating a meticulously
planned policy, so as to serve
the interests of all the stake
holders
 By gaining trust of the
investors and government for
the better success of the
policy
 Ensuring the adequate
participation of all the assets
valuable in this policy
National Rural Health Policy