Towards Healthy Tribal Communities: A Comprehensive Commentary on Initiatives in India
Keywords:
Tribal, Tribal health, Indigenous people, Holistic HealthAbstract
Tribal people also called as Indigenous people have diverse languages, cultures, traditional practices or rituals, and customs that distinguish them from the rest of the civic world.
Although there are around 104 million tribal people in India they have remained socio-demographically and geographically distant and suffer from various health ailments from communicable diseases like Malaria Tuberculosis and malnutrition to increasing burden of non-communicable diseases like Hypertension and Diabetes. The various health parameters and indicators remain below the National average.
The detailed report of Expert committee on tribal health has led the way for various Government ministries and departments to work on addressing the disparity in Tribal health. Various International and national Non-governmental institutions and Community based organisations are also working towards Tribal health along with academia and research institutions.
This article summarizes all the initiatives and efforts being undertaken in India by all the stakeholders along with updates on some recent initiatives to understand the holistic efforts towards achieving Holistic Tribal development and how medical colleges can complement these efforts.
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