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“Civil Society Report on SDGs: Agenda 2030”
Ahead of the High Level Political Forum meeting of the Sustainable Development Goals, Wada Na Todo Abhiyan released a Civil Society Report on the SDGs Agenda 2030 on July 6th at the Constitution Club in New Delhi. The NAMHHR secretariat was involved in anchoring the drafting of the section on Goal 3 (Health and Well-being) in this report, along with two other networks, CommonHealth and JSA. The document reviews targets under Goal 3, flagging key concerns related to each in the Indian context, and makes recommendations to address each. Despite passage of a new National Health Policy (2017), that on paper aligns itself with the SDGs, fundamental challenges related to the financing, provisioning and regulation of the health system in India are likely to be a barrier in fulfilling Goal 3. Problems of inadequate infrastructure, supplies, drugs and trained human resources especially in rural areas are barriers to achieving many of the targets under this Goal. At present, public spending on health in India accounts for a meager 1.15 percent of the GDP which is grossly insufficient to bring about the necessary changes. This needs to be increased to at least 5 percent. Close attention needs to be paid to inequities in health indicators as well as provision of services, especially along lines of caste, class, religion and geographical location, and specific concerns of marginalized groups especially Dalits, Tribals, religious minorities and women must be taken into account in the designing and provisioning of health services. Analysis of aggregate indicators is likely to mask these gross inequalities and would be contrary to the spirit of leaving no one behind. Serious efforts need to be made to address the accountability gap within the health system as well as accountability of the health system to the communities that it purports to serve.
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Dialogue on “Regulation of Private Sector and Protection of Citizens: The Mirage of Justice”
Progressive sanghatans, individual citizens, patient rights groups and collectives representing vulnerable communities organised a dialogue on “Regulation of Private Sector and protection of citizens: The mirage of justice” on 27th June 2017 at 4 pm at Venkatappa Art Gallery Auditorium, Kasturba Road, Bangalore.
E. Premdas Pinto, Centre for Health and Social Justice initiated the dialogue focusing on “Regulatory vacuum and absence of framework for justice in the Private health sector in India”. |
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South Asia Regional Workshop on Masculinities and Gender
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MenEngage Delhi network under Ek Saath Campaign conducted Bura Mano Campaign on International Women's Day with Shivaji College DU.
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VODAFONE AWARD
CHSJ RECEIVED VODAFONE MOBILE FOR GOOD AWARDS 2016 FOR THE KISHOR VARTA INITIATIVE |
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EK SAATH CAMPAIGN
Men and Boys as Partners for Gender Justice |
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'Ek Saath Campaign partners in Gaana-Rewrite Competition - Send in your entries by January 15, 2017'
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