Assam : Health Policy Note

Assam : Health Policy Note

The population of Assam is 26.64 million (2001), more than 85% of which live in rural areas. The state is one of the poorer states in the country, with an estimated GDP per capita equal to Rs. 12,163, which is less than two thirds of the national...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABORTION ACCIDENTS ADULTS AGED AMBULATORY CARE ANEMIA ANNUAL REPORT ANTENATAL CARE ARI AUXILIARY NURSES BIRTHS BLEEDING BURDEN OF DISEASE CANCER CAUSES OF DEATH CHILD FEEDING CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH INDICATORS CHILD MORTALITY CLINICS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY HEALTH DEATHS DEBT DIARRHEA DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES DISEASE BURDEN DISEASE PREVENTION DOCTORS ENCEPHALITIS ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY HEALTH SURVEYS FOLIC ACID GASTROENTERITIS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FINANCING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH DELIVERY HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH GOALS HEALTH IMPACT HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH INSTITUTIONS HEALTH MANPOWER HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROGRAMS HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH REFORM HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE HEALTH SYSTEMS HOSPITAL BEDS HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES ILLNESSES IMMUNIZATION INCOME INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFLUENZA INJURY INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION INTERVENTION IRON LEPROSY LIFE EXPECTANCY MALARIA MALNUTRITION MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MCH MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICINES MENINGITIS MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES MOTHERS NURSES NURSING NURSING HOMES NUTRITIONAL STATUS OUTPATIENT SERVICES PARASITIC DISEASES PARTNERSHIP PATIENTS POISONING PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PREVALENCE PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY OF CARE RABIES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESPIRATORY DISEASES RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS SAFE DRINKING WATER SOCIAL SERVICES STUNTING SUICIDE TETANUS TOXEMIA TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS TRADITIONAL MEDICINE TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS TYPHOID UNDER 5 MORTALITY VACCINATION VIOLENCE VIRAL INFECTIONS VISION WEIGHT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/5222995/assam-health-policy-note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15714

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Summary:	The population of Assam is 26.64 million (2001), more than 85% of which live in rural areas. The state is one of the poorer states in the country, with an estimated GDP per capita equal to Rs. 12,163, which is less than two thirds of the national average (2001-02). Growth in the 1980-90s has been one of the lowest in the country (just above 1 percent real per capita growth), although the economic situation is reported to have improved in more recent years. The economy is predominantly rural (40 percent of Net State Domestic Product is from agriculture, and 74 percent of the population is engaged in agriculture), and it is heavily dependent on the tea estate sector (800 tea gardens that produce 15% of the world tea). The non-agricultural principal activity is oil and gas extraction and transformation (there are two oil refineries in the North-Eastern part of the state, plus a third one is under construction). Population below poverty line is estimated to be 36 percent, scheduled caste 7.4 percent and scheduled tribe 12.8 percent of the total population.

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