On one hand, India has witnessed a growth in healthcare access and quality (HAQ) index while on the other, it has failed to tackle diseases like tuberculosis, diabetes, chronic kidney diseases and rheumatic heart diseases. India has a lot of catching up to do with its neighbors, including China, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka in terms of health care. According to the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) published in the medical journal The Lancet, it has finished a dismal 154th among 195 countries on the healthcare index.However, India's healthcare access and quality (HAQ) index have increased by 14.1, up from 30.7 in 1990 to 44.8 in 2015.
India lags behind Sri Lanka (72.8), Bangladesh (51.7), Bhutan (52.7) and Nepal (50.8) and ranks above Pakistan (43.1) and Afghanistan (32.5). The HAQ index, based on death rates for 32 diseases that can be avoided or effectively treated with proper…
