By- Gitanjali Bora

HEALTH ISSUES IN INDIA

MAJOR ISSUES ARE-

communicable disease problem nutritional problem medical care problem environmental problems population problem

EXAMPLES-

MALARIA. TUBERCULOSIS. DIARRHOEAL DISEASE. LEPROSY. AIDS. etc

EXAMPLES- PROTEIN ENERGY

MALNUTRITION NUTRITIONAL

ANEMIA LOW BIRTH

WEIGHT  IODINE

DEFICIENCY DISORDER

etc

MEDICAL CARE PROBLEM

 Inadequate financial sources. Uneven distribution. overcrowding in hospitals, inadequate

staffing. Scarcity of certain drugs and

medicines.

and many more!!

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM

THE THREE MAIN PROBLEMS ARE---

lack of safe water in many areas of the country

primitive methods of excreta disposal. urbanization and industrialization

leading to hazards to human health in the air, in water, and in food chain.

POPULATION Because of over population

the number of disease is increasing.

High population also increases the risk of spreading of life taking diseases like AIDS etc.

Government should try to stop the population growth and give more medical facilities to the people to decrease the health issues in INDIA.