UP mulls health policy to curb out-of-pocket costs, boost life expectancy

Based on WHO, Unicef guidelines, the draft policy with a roadmap for 2030, has been submitted to Yogi cabinet for approval

The Uttar Pradesh government is mulling a new state Health Policy modelled under the guidelines of global healthcare agencies World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

The draft policy is ready and pending before the Yogi Adityanath cabinet for vetting and final approval, before implementation across the state. The policy provides for a longer roadmap vision of 2030.

“We have taken National Health Policy 2017 as base, while our draft policy also incorporates recommendations of WHO about public health policy. Besides, it includes recommendations of other important stakeholders, such as UNICEF, Niti Aayog, non government organisations (NGOs), Public Health