National Tribal Health Mission
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India is now headed by a tribal President- a very positive signal from the government to the tribal communities. On this International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2022, the country would do well in exploring how the symbolic gesture could be turned into a tribal health revolution.
How healthy are India’s tribes?
- The study ‘Indigenous and Tribal Peoples’ Health’, published in The Lancet in 2016, noted that India has the 2nd highest infant mortality rate among tribal people. The highest tribal infant mortality rate is in Pakistan.
Abhay Bang Committee report:
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