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ISSN 2224-3208 (Paper) ISSN 2225-093X (Online)
Vol 2, No.
2, 2012
25
Short Report - Articulating and implementing a health
policy in India
Abhinav Singh*
Bharathi Purohit
Peoples College of...
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Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare www.
iiste.
org
ISSN 2224-3208 (Paper) ISSN 2225-093X (Online)
Vol 2, No.
2, 2012
25
Short Report - Articulating and implementing a health
policy in India
Abhinav Singh*
Bharathi Purohit
Peoples College of Dental Sciences, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Peoples
University, Bhopal, India
* E-mail of the corresponding author: drabhinav.
singh@gmail.
com
Abstract
It was 1885 when the National oral health policy was first drafted and till present the policy has neither
been implemented nor presented in the Indian parliament for discussion.
Is it not an irony that we
Indians, though having maximum number of dental schools and also, probably with the prevailing
trends would be a nation with the highest number of oral health professionals in coming 4- 5 years, yet
have no oral health policy or any legislature for the same.
Keywords: dental public health, Indian health policy, national oral health policy, policy legislation
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