THE BILL OF HEALTH
AS INDIA ENTERS THE DECISIVE DECADE for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs, adopted by all UN member-states in 2015) by 2030, the health goal (SDG3) poses the biggest challenge. Envisioning health and wellbeing for all at all ages, it sets several targets which encompass all domains of health. What must India do to achieve these?
Maternal and child health remains a continued commitment, carried over from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We are on track to reach the targets for maternal mortality ratio (70 per 100,000 live births) and under-5 mortality rate (25 per 1,000 live births) but need stronger health system performance to reach the neonatal
