Health ministry releases National Health Profile 2015

Mumbai, Sep 23, 2015]

The Union minister for Health and Family Welfare, Shri. J P Nadda has released the National Health Profile (NHP)-2015 which will help the government to navigate, to decide goals and chart the government policies on health. The data was prepared by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI).

The e-book (digital version) of the annual document, which has been prepared for the first time, was also released. The National Health Profile covers demographic, socio-economic, health status and health finance indicators, along with comprehensive information on health infrastructure and human resources in health. CBHI has been publishing National Health Profile every year since 2005. This is the 11th edition. 

The data is an important source of navigation. It helps in understanding the goals, strengths and weaknesses and it is also an important means to strategize.

The Health minister said that the e-book of NHP-2015 is a step towards realizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Digital India. He stated, digital documents give us an opportunity for wider dissemination of information. He added that we now need to work towards converting documented data into “real-time” data. While digital data helps us to be more efficient, real time data helps to monitor our schemes and efforts in real time. Nadda added that analyses of the data, to understand what is narrates, is equally important. Interpretation of data enhances its value, he said. It is necessary for people who work with data to be skilled in its analyses also. He suggested holding seminars/workshops to further that goal.

Nadda congratulated and appreciated the CBHI team for their recent initiatives regarding uses of geo-mapping of four different districts of different parts of the country such as north-eastern region, south region, desert area and Jharkhand. He hoped that this exercise will extend to other parts of the country also. He also congratulated the team for increasing their ambit as data from ESIC and Railways are incorporated for the first time in the National Health Profile.