Nadda urges countries to enhance budgetary allocations for health

Asserting that political commitment and enhanced funds for the health sector has helped India rein in diseases such as HIV, TB and malaria, Union Health Minister J P Nadda Friday urged countries with high burden of such diseases to enhance budgetary allocations for health.

Addressing a preparatory meeting for the Sixth Global Fund Replenishment conference, Nadda said, "India has set an example globally by increasing its domestic financial allocations for health."

India has been consistently exhibiting successes in the arena of health as an outcome of focussed policies, strategies and programmes, he said.

"We are now in a position, where we are talking of elimination of these diseases. In fact, our Prime Minister Narendra Modiji has fixed a target for us to end TB by 2025, five years ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals of 2030," he said.

The Global Fund is seeking to raise at least USD 14 billion for the next three years to help save 16 million lives, cut the mortality rate from