Healthcare concerns
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Dawn, Pakistan
Monday, 08 Jun, 2009
While this should at least facilitate the effective implementation of the health policy — non-implementation of policies and laws has been our biggest bane — the draft policy also needs a shift in emphasis. It focuses too heavily on tertiary care and the curative approach, with preventive medicine being given a passing mention. Infectious diseases which place a heavy burden on our health system can be prevented through low-cost methods. But the policy is more concerned about setting up expensive surveillance mechanisms to monitor and test high-profile diseases that periodically cross our borders. There is not enough concern for water-borne diseases and others transmitted by vectors that can be prevented by greater public hygiene and better civic management. If the medical professional bodies had been consulted, perhaps the policymakers would have done better on this score.
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Monday, 08 Jun, 2009
While this should at least facilitate the effective implementation of the health policy — non-implementation of policies and laws has been our biggest bane — the draft policy also needs a shift in emphasis. It focuses too heavily on tertiary care and the curative approach, with preventive medicine being given a passing mention. Infectious diseases which place a heavy burden on our health system can be prevented through low-cost methods. But the policy is more concerned about setting up expensive surveillance mechanisms to monitor and test high-profile diseases that periodically cross our borders. There is not enough concern for water-borne diseases and others transmitted by vectors that can be prevented by greater public hygiene and better civic management. If the medical professional bodies had been consulted, perhaps the policymakers would have done better on this score.
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Labels: Governance, Health, Health Policy
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