The WHO's Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) with India (2012-17), developed for the first time jointly with India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and the WHO Country Office for India (WCO), will contribute meaningfully to the national health policy and government's health agenda.
The CCS has identified three strategic priorities and key focus areas on supporting an improved role of India in global health, promoting access to and utilization of affordable, efficiently networked and sustainable quality services by the entire population and helping to confront the new epidemiological reality of India.
Azad said "the well being of Indian citizens will depend on a number of strategic choices related to health and equity, that must be made in the next few years. Not only our health but our children's health too depends on these strategic choices and the collaborations between the critical constituents of our health system." (more)