Question

Enumerate some major problems of health in India.

Answer 1

The major health problems in India include:

• High fertility rates cause risks during pregnancy and childbirth.
• Malnutrition and undernutrition lead to poor health.
• Unsafe water supply, unhygienic housing, poor sanitation, and an unclean environment cause diseases.
• Poor quality diet; India has about 15.2% of the world's undernourished people.
• Poor state of Primary Health Centres: only 38% have enough doctors, and 30% have adequate medicines.
• Inequitable distribution of health infrastructure: most modern facilities are in urban areas; rural areas with 70% of the population have only 20% of hospitals.
• Communicable diseases like AIDS, HIV, and SARS are serious threats.