Precursor to the 5th International Congress on Kerala Studies
Two-Day Seminar: Kerala's Health Sector
📅 Aug 25-26, 2024 📍 CMS College, Kottayam
Overview & Context
This seminar examined the efficiency and service quality of Kerala's health sector. It focused on identifying solutions for challenges such as rising morbidity and health costs while building upon the successes of past initiatives.
Discussions highlighted the impact of Decentralization (1996), which improved government hospital quality, and the Ardram Mission (2016), which created a leap in service standards.
Public Trust Growth
30% ➝ 70%
Increase in public utilization of government hospitals from the 1980s to 2024.
Key Discussion Themes
Institutions & Infrastructure
- ✓ Primary & Family Health Centres
- ✓ Taluk/District Hospitals
- ✓ Medical Colleges & Education
- ✓ Co-operative & ESI Hospitals
Technology & Innovation
- ✓ Digital Health & Telemedicine
- ✓ Artificial Intelligence in Health
- ✓ Health Information Systems
- ✓ Anti-Microbial Resistance
Social Health & Inclusion
- ✓ High Morbidity Control
- ✓ Health of Senior Citizens
- ✓ Marginalized Groups (Tribal/Coastal)
- ✓ Migrant Workers & Differently-abled
Ayush Sector
- ✓ Modernization & Development
- ✓ Ayurvedic Research
- ✓ Drug Manufacturing
- ✓ Ayush Medical Education
Policy & Finance
- ✓ Health Insurance (KASP/Medisep)
- ✓ Public Health Laws
- ✓ Financial Management in Health
- ✓ Climate Change & One Health
Organized by: T.K. Memorial Study Research Centre, Kottayam & AKG Centre for Research and Studies
Academic Committee: Chairman: Dr. B. Ekbal | Convener: Dr. P.K. Jameela
