{"id":31675,"date":"2024-11-04T18:06:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T12:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=31675"},"modified":"2024-11-04T18:06:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T12:36:53","slug":"new-scheme-to-foster-novel-ideas-to-develop-health-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/04-11-2024\/new-scheme-to-foster-novel-ideas-to-develop-health-sector","title":{"rendered":"New Scheme to Foster Novel Ideas to Develop Health Sector\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus:GS2\/Health<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) launched the &#8220;First in the World Challenge&#8221; to encourage Indian scientists to propose innovative solutions to complex health issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About scheme<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The scheme seeks bold, novel ideas for global-impact innovations in biomedical fields, including new vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and other health technologies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Criteria<\/strong>: Only proposals for unique, groundbreaking research and technologies will be funded.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Proposals aimed at incremental improvements or minor process innovations are ineligible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>High-Risk, High-Reward:<\/strong> The initiative embraces a high-risk, high-reward approach, aiming for pioneering breakthroughs even if some projects may not succeed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eligibility<\/strong>: Proposals can be submitted by individuals or teams from single or multiple institutions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Selection Committee:<\/strong> A selection panel comprising renowned experts, innovators, policymakers, and biomedical scientists will review proposals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>National Medical Register (NMR) Issues<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0The NMR, maintained by the National Medical Commission (NMC) and set up by the Union Health Ministry, is a centralized, dynamic database of all licensed allopathic doctors in India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Current Problem:<\/strong> Doctors face issues registering due to Aadhaar and state medical board detail mismatches, such as name spelling discrepancies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Authentication and Delay<\/strong>: The NMR uses Aadhaar for verification, requiring doctors to file affidavits to verify identity, leading to delays.i<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/editorial-analysis\/16-08-2024\/a-new-era-in-health-care-in-india\"><strong><u>Healthcare system in india<\/u><\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>India&#8217;s healthcare industry<\/strong> includes hospitals, medical devices, clinical trials, outsourcing, telemedicine, medical tourism, health insurance, and medical equipment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Growth Drivers<\/strong>: The sector is growing rapidly due to expanded coverage, improved services, and increased investment by both public and private entities.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rising lifestyle diseases, need for affordable healthcare, technological advances, telemedicine, health insurance penetration, government initiatives, tax benefits, and incentives are boosting the market.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Immunization Program<\/strong>: The Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) targets 26.7 million newborns and 29 million pregnant women annually, providing vaccines for 12 preventable diseases at no cost.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hospital Sector Growth<\/strong>: Expected to reach INR 18,348.78 billion by FY 2027, with a CAGR of 18.24%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Telemedicine Market:<\/strong> Expected to grow at a 31% CAGR, reaching $5.4 billion by 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>National Digital Health Blueprint<\/strong>: Could generate over $200 billion in economic value over the next 10 years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ayushman Bharat Scheme<\/strong>: India has the world\u2019s largest government-supported health insurance scheme.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Medical Education Investment<\/strong>: INR 17,691.08 crore invested in 157 new medical colleges since 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>FDI Policy:<\/strong> 100% FDI allowed under the automatic route for greenfield projects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Medical Value Travel (MVT):<\/strong> India is a top destination for MVT, attracting global patients under the &#8220;Heal in India&#8221; initiative<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : TH&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) launched the &#8220;First in the World Challenge&#8221; to encourage Indian scientists to propose innovative solutions to complex health issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31676,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31675\/revisions\/31676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}