Director-General of Health Services Dr. Atul Goel has emphasised investing healthcare resources more towards the prevention of diseases rather than only focusing on diagnostic and therapeutic options. Dr. Goel said this while chairing a meeting with major Health professional bodies in India. During the meeting, the participants also engaged in discussions on strategies to promote health, prevent diseases and eliminate the use of tobacco and Alcohol. All professional bodies also agreed to adopt a Declaration of Health Promotion and take possible measures to espouse the concept of Health Promotion.
The health bodies also pledged to work in unison with the Union Health Ministry to further the objectives of health promotion, emphasising the need for public awareness campaigns, educational programs, and policy advocacy to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use, alcohol abuse and other risk factors.
