Health for all: an alternative strategy: a note on the current tasks

Abstract

The concern for the health of the population, particularly the weaker sections of the society has been articulated by an increasing number of planners. As a consequence the search for an alternative health care system has gained momentum. The report, "Health for All: An Alternative Strategy" (1981) of a Study Group sponsored by the ICSSR and the ICMR, offers a possible model of an alternative. The working paper is a note in response to this report. The note welcomes the directions presented in the report, but suggests that a strategy of implementation rather than the elucidation of a desirable future state is the need of the hour. The need is to learn to deal with the existing system with its network of facilities and services. A summary set of four current tasks and a possible mode of organisation which links all those interested in change for a more equitable system are offered.