Abstract
Introducing a national essential diagnostics list in India.
Highlights
Accurate and affordable diagnostics are central to effective health care
The burden of disease has gradually shifted, with noncommunicable diseases growing from 30% in 1990 to 55% in 2016.4 While vertical programmes were successful in improving access to treatment and diagnostics for specific diseases, the availability of diagnostics for conditions other than the ones covered in the vertical programmes is inadequate across the health system
Findings from a survey conducted in primary health centres in three Indian states in 2018 revealed gaps in the availability of essential tests for malaria, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis and other diseases.[5]
Summary
Accurate and affordable diagnostics are central to effective health care. Quality diagnostics, when made available as part of health-care services, influence disease diagnosis and treatment outcomes in patients and improve disease surveillance. India’s essential diagnostics list is comprehensive and ambitious; through this list, the Indian Council of Medical Research seeks to cement diagnostics as an important component in health care.
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