Overview
Provision of good health care at affordable price for the mass of population, such as facilities for general health check-ups, specific diagnostic measures, therapeutic treatments, preventive services and general consultations would become another major challenge for the future, in particular considering the continuous rise in the living standard of the population . A healthy population is regarded as a national asset and good health care at an affordable price is of national priority. Preventive human health care offers early detection of hyperthyroidism, hepatitis etc., diagnosis and treatment of cancer using radioisotopes labeled chemicals having high organ affinity and specificity are some areas under study. The incidence of cancer in its all forms and virility is a daunting task to be surmounted by all the nations – developed, developing and under developed - and concerted and cohesive efforts are to be made to reduce the incidence of cancer/ cancer related ailments while developing better disease management programmes using advanced techniques.
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