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Chapter 2: THE DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE OF THE INDIAN SOCIETY · SOCIOLOGY-INDIAN SOCIETY

B ox . Important Goals of National Health Policy Increase health expenditure by Government as a percentage of GDP from the existing . % to . % by .

Increase Life Expectancy at birth from . to by . Establish regular tracking of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) Index as a measure of burden of disease and its trends by major categories by . Reduction of TFR to .

at national and sub-national level by . Reduce Under Five Mortality to by and Maternal Mortality Rate from current levels to100 by . Reduce neo-natal mortality to and still birth rate to “single digit” by . Achieve global target of which is also termed as target of , for HIV/AIDS, i.e., % of all people living with HIV know their HIV status, % of all people diagnosed with HIV infection receive sustained antiretroviral therapy, and % of all people receiving antiretroviral therapy will have viral suppression.

Achieve and maintain a cure rate of > % in new sputum positive patients for TB and reduce incidence of new cases, to reach elimination status by . Reduce the prevalence of blindness to . / by and disease burden by one third from current levels. Reduce premature mortality from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory diseases by % by .

Increase utilization of public health facilities by % from current levels by Antenatal care coverage to be sustained above % and skilled attendance at birth above % by . More than % of the newborn are fully immunized by one year of age by . Meet need of family planning above % at national and sub national level by . % of known hypertensive and diabetic individuals at household level maintain “controlled disease status” by .

Relative reduction in prevalence of current tobacco use by % by and % by . Reduction of % in prevalence of stunting of under-five children by .

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