Public Report on Health: Some Key Findings and Policy Recommendations

A bottom-up view of the health conditions and services in six states — three performing and three not-so-well performing ones — was arrived at through a study by a multidisciplinary team with varied experiences in health research. This paper presents the results of a Public Report on Health that was initiated in 2005 to understand public health issues for people from diverse backgrounds living in different region-specific contexts. The findings, which have policy implications, have been used to analyse the ongoing official attempts to deal with the various challenges thrown up by the National Rural Health Mission.