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Independent Commission on Development and Health in India (ICDHI) was set up in 1995. The Commission comprises of distinguished persons from the health and development sectors.
The Commission aims at assessing the development and health situation of the country through policy research and analysis, in depth surveys, focus group discussions, public hearings and round table conferences with development workers, policy makers and people. The Commission works closely with the Prime Minister’s office, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Planning Commission, Non-Government organisations, Panchayati Raj institutions at the grassroots and other relevant forums. |
The first report of the Commission was released in 1998 by the Prime Minister and was also presented to the President of India and Joint Consultative Committee of Parliament. The Report was widely distributed, discussed and debated in different fora. ICDHI’s constant endeavour has been to facilitate the process of need based, effective, sustainable and people centric development. The first report was a summarized version of voluminous reports prepared by the Commission over two long years of painstaking but rewarding process. Some of the significant chapters were updated and published as separate monographs.
The second Report of the Commission particularly addressed the issues of Poverty Alleviation and Governance of Social Sector. This was particularly keeping in mind, the poor performance of the Nation in both these areas. |
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| Since then 22 well-researched monographs on various current health and development issues, by eminent social scientists have been published.
Important Policy Research Works
- Report of Independent Commission of Development and Health in India
- National Profile on Women’s Health and Development
- State of India’s Health
- National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health
- Governance of the Health Sector in India - Has the State Abdicated its Role
- Review of the National Rural Health Mission
- Financing of Healthcare
- Mainstreaming AYUSH
- Update on Health and Development Status in India
Important Policy Interventions and Campaigns
- Revised National Health Policy
- National Population Policy
- National Rural Health Mission
- Tobacco Legislation
- Reproductive and Child Health
- Rational Drugs and Rational Drug Policy
- National Programme of Action on the Use Of Pesticides
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Current Activities of Independent Commission on Development and Health in India
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Keeping in view the growing menace of Vector Borne Diseases all over the country, the Independent Commission on Development and Health in India (ICDHI) has set up a Task Force headed by Prof. Lalit Nath, former Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, to put together a Report on the ‘State of Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme in India and the Future Challenges’. The Task Force would be looking at the existing secondary data from reliable sources, understanding the ground reality in various parts of the country and will come out with clear recommendations for the future.
The Report is planned to be ready by early February 2013, so that it can provide inputs towards the implementation of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme during the 12th Five Year Plan.
Agenda and Structuring of ICDHI Task Force on VBDs
Study on the ‘State of Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme in India’. The Report would look at four broad areas:
- Evidence on burden, morbidity and mortality, estimations of disease burden
- Policies, strategies and interventions on
- Vector control, LLIN, Dx and Rx
- Community involvement
- Prevention and control
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- Implementation Issues
- Governance including NRHM
- Logistics and supply management
- Integrated approach
- Inter – sectoral involvement
- Control and coordination
- Equity
- Total malaria
- Poverty and Malaria
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| Members of the ICDHI Task Force on VBDs |
Advisory Group
1. Shri Keshav Desiraju, IAS, Special Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India.
2. Dr. Muzaffar Ahmad, Member, National Disaster Management Authority, Govt. of India.
3. Shri Anshuprakash, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India
4. Mr. Alok Mukhopadhyay, Chief Executive, VHAI
Task Force
Chair – Dr. L.M. Nath
Members
1. Shri J.V.R. Prasada Rao, Spl. Envoy to UN Secretary General
2. Dr. A.C. Dhariwal, Director, National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, GOI
3. Prof. B.S. Garg, Dean, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS), Wardha, Maharashtra.
4. Dr. Jai Prakash Narain, Senior Adviser, NCDC, GOI; Former Director, Communicable Diseases, WHO SEARO
5. Dr. V.P. Sharma, Founder Director, National Institute of Malaria Research
Consultants
1. Dr. R.P. Meena, Director, Vector Borne Diseases/Communicable Diseases, MoHFW, GoI
2. Dr. Neeraj Dhingra, Deputy Director General (TI), NACO
3. Dr Arvind Pandey Director, National Institute of Medical Statistics, ICMR, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-29
Task Force Research Coordinator - Dr. Anjali Gupta, Sr. Programme Officer, VHAI |
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