NITI Aayog Report on Health Index: Kerala Tops Again, UP, Bihar Worst Performer
NITI ( National Institution for Transforming India ) Aayog in collaboration with the World Bank and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) released Health index report 2019 called " Healthy States Progressive India ".It is the report on the ranks of states and union territories. This is the second edition of the Health Index, which analyses the overall performance and incremental improvement in the States and the UTs for the period 2015-16 (Base Year) and 2017-18 (Reference Year), i.e., a two-year period. It highlights the areas each State should focus on to facilitate improvement in overall health outcomes. To motivate States to improve population health and reduce disparities in the spirit of cooperative and competitive federalism, the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog had brought out a publication in 2018 titled, “Healthy States: Progressive India”. It was a compilation of the state of health systems prevalent in the State/UTs of India...