VISION 2035: PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE IN INDIA

Dec. 15, 2020

NITI Aayog today released a white paper: Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India.

It’s vision is:

  • To make India’s public health surveillance system more responsive and predictive to enhance preparedness for action at all levels.

  • Citizen-friendly public health surveillance system will ensure individual privacy and confidentiality, enabled with a client feedback mechanism.

  • Improved data-sharing mechanism between Centre and states for better disease detection, prevention, and control.

  • India aims to provide regional and global leadership in managing events that constitute a public health emergency of international concern.

Source : The Hindu