QUESTION 7
GS2
10 marks
Appropriate local community-level healthcare intervention is a prerequisite to achieve ‘Health for All’ in India. Explain.
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7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Explain why community-level health interventions are essential to achieve health for all.
ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.
Demand-wise check
- 1Reasons: reach, early detection, preventive care, behaviour change, low cost, trust≈30 words
- 2Examples: ASHAs, Anganwadis, village health and sanitation committees, Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, Mitanin (Chhattisgarh)≈30 words
- 3Results: institutional deliveries, immunisation≈30 words
- 4Gaps: ASHA pay, training, supply chains≈30 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
ReasonsExamplesResultsGapsConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only hospitals and insurance
- No ASHA, Mitanin (Chhattisgarh) or Ayushman Arogya Mandir example
Draw this
- Pyramid: community → PHC → CHC → district hospital
Value addition
- DataIndia has about 10 lakh ASHAs; WHO honoured them with the Global Health Leaders Award in 2022.MoHFW / WHO
- DataInstitutional deliveries rose to about 89% (NFHS-5) from 39% (NFHS-3).NFHS
Mapped topper copies
Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 17 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 41 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 35 ↗Same syllabus reference
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