New Delhi: The adverse male to female sex ratio is a major cause for concern, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Monday, and sought support from medical officers to the government’s “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” initiative.
He also asked the medical officers to remain sensitive to the poor and the needy.
“Our country is making rapid economic progress. Health and socio-economic indicators must gallop along with it,” Mr Kovind said.
He said the disease burden in the country is undergoing change.
“We have to tackle communicable diseases such as TB, malaria and dengue, and at the same time deal with the rising incidence of non-communicable diseases,” the president said, addressing general duty medical officers (GDMOS) of the second foundation course conducted by the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare.
These GDMOS called on Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here.
Mr Kovind said that to address these shifting health priorities, the government has after more than a decade come up with a revised national health policy.
“The adverse male to female sex ratio is a major cause for concern. Undernutrition and malnutrition remains an area where we have a lot more to do,” he said.
