Health and Family Welfare
- Overview
- The vision of the Health and Family Welfare Division is to provide policy inputs aligned to the National Health Policy 2017 and make India’s health sector robust, economically affordable, and accessible. The Division provides advice and policy guidance to key stakeholders involved in public health development and management. It engages with the relevant ministries/departments such as Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Ayush, Department of Pharmaceuticals, National Health Authority, State and local governments. The Division also collaborates with reputed international and national academic institutions, research organisations, development partners and eminent experts to advance the discussion towards making long-term impacts on policy approaches for the public health sector.
- Core Functions
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- To evaluate policies and schemes pertaining to:
i) Health and Family Welfare, with a special focus on the National Health Mission (NHM).
ii) Ayush
iii) Health Research
iv) Pharmaceuticals - To design strategic and long-term policy and programme frameworks and initiatives for improving health access and health outcomes in the sector.
- To engage with relevant Ministries/Departments/State, examine current policies, strategies and programmes, both at the Central and state levels, and suggest appropriate modifications or mid-course corrections.
- Analysing and providing comments on various health-sector schemes, programmes, and projects through the appraisal of SFC, EFC, DIB, PIB, Cabinet Note and preliminary project reports.
- Developing strategy & policy papers on various thematic areas such as Mental Health, School Health, Pandemic Management, Senior Care, Digital Health, AI in Health, Ayush etc. and factors that affect urban health, investment and growth opportunities in Public and Private health, health finance, and health insurance, etc.
- Conducting research and analysis through stakeholder consultation on various critical aspects of healthcare in collaboration with reputed organisations, academic institutions, development partners and eminent experts in the domain of public health management, urban health management, health finance and insurance, medical device manufacturing, etc.
- To evaluate policies and schemes pertaining to:
- Relevant Stakeholders
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- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- Department of Health and Family Welfare
- Department of Health Research
- Ministry of Ayush
- Department of Pharmaceuticals
- Department of Science and Technology
- World Health Organisation
- World Bank
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- Reports
- Projects
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- Ayushman Bharat School Health Mission
- Catalysing and Reforming Care for Seniors in India
- Reforms in AIIMS, New Delhi
- National Taskforce on Brain Health
- Future Pandemic Preparedness
- Critical Care Ecosystem in India
- Creating Healthcare workforce for the world- Pathway
- Making Ayush Global- Roadmap
- Transforming Emergency and Trauma Care System
- National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (NAP-AMR 2.0)
- Drugs for Rare Diseases
- Integrative Health Policy
- Issues Related to the Import of Refurbished Medical Equipment
- Who’s Who
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Name Designation Email ID Sh. Rajib Kumar Sen Programme Director rajib[dot]sen[at]nic[dot]in Sh. Hemant Kumar Meena Director wcd-niti[at]gov[dot]in Dr. Sudha Goel Senior Consultant sudha[dot]goel[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in Dr. Sumana Arora Senior Consultant sumanaa[dot]arora[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in Dr. Sonali Rawal Consultant Grade II sonalir[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in Sh. Varun Singh Consultant Grade II varun[dot]singh87[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in Sh. Shobhit Kumar Research Officer (L-11) shobhit[dot]kumar[at]gov[dot]in Sh. Tarun Gupta Section Officer tarun[dot]gupta[at]nic[dot]in Shrestha Hazra Consultant Grade-I hazra[dot]shrestha[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in Ms. Neha Sharma Young Professional nehasharma[dot]03[at]nic[dot]in Sh. Manish Narayan Young Professional manish.narayanan[at]niti[dot]gov[dot]in