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India Needs to Integrate Health Services: UNFPA Official
"There is polio, high maternal mortality ratio (MMR) and a whole range of other issues in the health sector in India which need attention. What is suggested, thus, is an integration of services to tackle more than one health challenge in one go," Purnima Mane, deputy executive director of UNFPA, told IANS in an interview.
Giving an example, she said that in the US, even if someone goes to a doctor for a minor cold, he or she is asked a whole lot of other questions.
"For instance, if you are a woman, they will ask if you have a pain in your breasts, knowing the high risk of breast cancer these days. They will ask questions about any family history of a particular disease and the likes.
"This should be done in India as well, so that along with treating one illness, another one is being prevented or detected early so that it can be nipped at the bud. Health check ups must be extensive," she said.
According to Mane, one of the major issues that India faces today is the huge number of people born HIV positive.
"In India, there is an increasing number of people who are born HIV positive. Thus this population grows up to be a vulnerable young lot who stand a high chance of being infected with AIDS in future," she said.
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