Public Health and Federalism in India

Balveer Arora - Chairman, Centre for Multilevel Federalism, Institute of social Sciences, New DelhiMohan Rao - a medical doctor, specialized in public health and taught for many years at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

• List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Public Health and Federalism: Where we are and where do we need to go? PART I: THE FEDERAL CONTEXT 2. Public Health in the Constituent Assembly 3. What’s Ailing Federalism? Health Policy and Strains in Intergovernmental Relations Louise Tillin 4. Towards a Legal Framework for Public Health Emergencies in India 5. Inter-State Variations in the Growth of the Private Sector in Medical Care PART II: UNEQUAL STATES 6. Responding to The Rising Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in A Federal Polity 7. Public Health Infrastructure and Human Resources with Focus on Primary Health Care PART III: REGULATORY ARCHITECTURE 8. Drug Regulation and Federalism in India 9. Federalism and Regulation of Private Healthcare in India Unfolding Contradictions between Centre, States and People in Times of Authoritarian Neoliberalism 10. Ensuring Availability of Pharmaceutical Products: A Critical Evaluation of the Role of the Central Government PART FOUR: QUEST FOR SECURITY 11. Health Federalism and Women’s Health Outcomes in India’s ‘Backward’ States 12. Meddling with Food Security: Political Undercurrents Affecting the Scientific Logic of Food Adequacy 13. Federal Polity in the Control of Communicable Diseases in India: Reviewing the First 75 years 14. Surviving Covid in a General Ward of a Public Hospital: A Personal Narrative 15. Centre-State Fiscal Relationship in the Light of the National Health Mission: Is Centralization the Answer? 16. Decentralizing the Delivery of Healthcare: The Need of the Hour. Index.