UNIT 2 : HEALTH
PLANNING AND POLICIES
AND PROBLEMS
PREPARED BY;
STUTI CHRISTIAN
OUTLINE OF THIS CHAPTER
❏ National health planning in India - 5 year plans
❏ Various committees and commissions on health and
family welfare
❏ Central council for health and family welfare (CCH &
FW)
❏ National health policies (1983, 2002)
❏ National population policy
❏ Health problems in India
FIVE YEAR PLANS
INTRODUCTION
➢ The economy of India is based on planning through five year
plans, which are developed, executed and monitored by the
planning commission.
➢ In 1950, planning commission was constituted to help
government to plan out integrated development plan for the
entire country within the available resources for a definite
period of five years for its socio-economic progress.
➢ The planning commission has been responsible for ten “FIVE
YEAR PLANS”.
OBJECTIVES
➢ Control and eradication of various communicable and
chronic diseases.
➢ Strengthening of medical and basic health services by
establishing district health units, primary health centres and
sub centres.
➢ Population control.
➢ Development of health manpower resources and research.
➢ Development of indigenous system of medicine.
➢ Improvement of environmental sanitation.
➢ Drugs control.
FIVE YEAR PLANS IN INDIA
FIVE YEAR PLANS YEARS
THE FIRST FIVE YEAR PLAN 1951-56
THE SECOND FIVE YEAR PLAN 1956-61
THE THIRD FIVE YEAR PLAN 1961-66
PLAN HOLIDAY -
THE FOURTH FIVE YEAR PLAN 1969-74
THE FIFTH FIVE YEAR PLAN 1974-79
THE SIXTH FIVE YEAR PLAN 1980-85
THE SEVENTH FIVE YEAR PLAN 1985-90
THE EIGHTH FIVE YEAR PLAN 1992-97
THE NINTH FIVE YEAR PLAN 1997-2002
THE TENTH FIVE YEAR PLAN 2002-07
THE ELEVENTH FIVE YEAR PLAN 2007-12
THE TWELFTH FIVE YEAR PLAN 2012-2017
THE FIRST FIVE YEAR PLAN
(1951-1956)
INTRODUCTION
➢ The first Indian Prime Minister, MR. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
presented the first five year plan to the parliament of india
on 8 December, 1951.
➢ The World Health Organization, with the Indian government
addressed children’s health and reduced infant mortality,
indirectly contributing to population growth.
➢ The University Grant Commission was set up to take care of
funding and take measures to strengthen the higher
education in the country.
AIM
➢ To fight against diseases, malnutrition and
unhealthy environment.
➢ To build up health services for population in order to
improve general health status of people.
PRIORITIES
➢ Provision of safe water supply and sanitation
➢ Control of malaria
➢ Preventive health care
➢ Health services for mother and child
➢ Education and training in health
➢ Self sufficiency in drugs and equipments
➢ Family planning and population control
THE MAJOR
➢ The B.C.G.
DEVELOPMENTS
vaccination
programme was
launched to prevent
THE YEAR 1951
and control
tuberculosis.
➢ The pilot project of
community development
programme was launched in
55 areas on 2nd October
1952, on the birthday of
MAHATMA GANDHI to get rid
from the poverty, ill health
THE YEAR 1952 and ignorance through overall
development of rural areas.
➢ PHC was set up.
➢ The central council of health
was constituted.
➢ ANM training was started.
➢ Virus research centre was
setup in Pune.
➢ The National Malaria
Control Programme
THE YEAR 1953 was launched.
➢ The National Family
Planning Programme
was launched.
➢ The central social welfare
board was set up.
➢ The national leprosy
control programme was
launched.
➢ The prevention of food
adulteration act was
THE YEAR 1954 enacted.
➢ The national water supply
and sanitation
programme was
launched.
➢ The antigen production
centre was set up in
Kolkata.
➢ The national filaria
control programme was
launched.
➢ The minimum age for
THE YEAR 1955 marriage is 18 years
for boys and 15 years
for girls was fixed by
Hindu Marriage Act.
