The lack of medical professionals in the peripheral areas and the meager presence of the private health sector in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir barring capital cities are among the major challenges for the health sector.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the recent government report has pointed out that the child sex ratio of the territory declined sharply from 941 in census 2001 to 862 as per census 2011.
The government report has shed light on new communicable diseases and their variants, which have become a major threat to the health sector.
“These diseases result in epidemic and pandemic form and are emerging at an unprecedented rate like bird flu, swine flu, Zika, and Coronavirus,” it reads. The government report said that the increased prevalence of non-communicable diseases like anaemia, hypertension, diabetes, and cancer were also among the major challenges in the health sector.
“Drug abuse, especially among the youth leading to health issues, is one of the major threats for the health sector of J&K,” the government report reads.—KMS
