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The National Advisory Council has recommended setting up of a National Health Mission aimed at integration of all health programmes and to improve the delivery systems. The NAC at its meeting chaired by Smt. Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi today decided to forward the proposal for the national mission to the Government for early implementation.
The Council first took up the recommendations in respect of the Health sector which focuses on a composite approach to Health Care, the integration of vertical and horizontal programmes, sustained measures to improve the delivery systems, effective monitoring of the programmes based on transparency and accountability, and through increased public participation, the convergence of health, family welfare, nutrition, immunization, drinking water and hygiene, and sanitation schemes and the linking of financial allocations to actual performance. It was agreed that the proposals, which also envisage the setting up of a National Health Mission, may be forwarded to the Government at the earliest.
The Council also discussed issues relating to elementary education while reviewing the report on the recently held Consultation Workshop on ‘Universalization of Elementary Education’. It was agreed that the proposal aimed at urgently activating the Sarva Siksha Abiyan Mission (which was announced over 3 years back) and outlining the connected issues be sent to the Government for further action. Discussions also took place on Watershed programmes, issues pertaining to tribal welfare and development, the problem of eviction of tribal families from forest lands and a new National Policy for the Resettlement and Rehabilitation of Project – affected families and associated matters.
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