Decentralization and Interventions in the Health Sector

This article attempts to analyze the transition in the health care sector during the last two decades linking it to the interventions of Local Self Governments (LSGs). It was found that decentralization improved infrastructure facilities and equipment in primary and secondary health care institutions and widened health care delivery. It succeeded in providing safe drinking water and sanitation facilities to the local people. The accountability of the public health care system was also enhanced. However, it could not address the issues of nutritional imbalance, old age care, lifestyle diseases and the changing morbidity pattern in the state. This article calls for a comprehensive health policy to ensure functional autonomy for LSGs to address the emerging health care needs in Kerala.
Source: Journal of Health Management - Category: Health Management Authors: Tags: Articles Source Type: research