Mortality and Morbidity Challenge in Health Sector of India

Health as conceived by World Health Organization (WHO) is a “state of physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. Hunger is synonymous with poverty and both are inseparably linked. Access to food and improved nutrition constitute an undeniable basic human right and one of the central goals of development process aiming reduction of poverty and inequality. Reducing malnutrition is thus central to the notion of reducing poverty itself. Health is an important factor in the formation of human resource development which plays a vital role in improving the qualities of human beings who are the active agents of economic development. Improving the qualities of human agents contributes to labor productivity, allocate and entrepreneurial ability. The relationship between health and poverty or health and development is complex, multi-faceted and multidirectional. Poverty in its various dimensions could be a manifestation, as well as a determinant of an individual’s health. In its most basic form as a state of food deprivation and nutritional inadequacy poverty has a direct bearing on the morbidity and longevity of people. Currently in India low IMR, MMR, low expectancy at birth, sex ratio is some of the biggest challenges for health sector development. Main diseases in India are Tuberculosis, Malaria, and HIV which are directly related to poverty.