A nationwide renowned neonatologist and member of the High Level Expert Group on Universal Health Coverage, NITI Aayog’s medical expert, Dr. Vinod K. Paul introduces the work that the government institution has been carrying out to improve India’s healthcare system since its creation in 2015 and discussed how India is moving towards a comprehensive aspirational primary healthcare, with a special focus on NCDs, geriatric healthcare, mental health, palliative care and rehabilitative care services.
Can you give our international readers a brief introduction of NITI?
"An important pillar of the policy is to build a very strong primary healthcare as a way to build a new India, on which individual health priorities will be addressed."
