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Increase health expenditure to 5 pc of GDP to fight COVID-19: Expert

Kolkata, Sep 2 (UNI) Overall public expenditure should be increased to at least 5 per cent of GDP as India is witnessing the highest number of Covid cases in the world, an expert observed here.
'India has been witnessing the highest number of new Covid cases in the world in the last couple of days and so public health care should be significantly strengthened and enhanced with overall public expenditure to be increased to at least 5 per cent of the GDP,' Dr Naresh Purohit, Epidemiologist and Visiting Professor at the Kolkata based West Bengal University of Health Sciences, School of Public Health told UNI here on Wednesday.
'The focus of increased health expenditure should be on primary healthcare and human resource and infrastructure strengthening rather than opening and strengthening tertiary care centers.The ongoing pandemic is fast worsening existing health inequities. It is not a law and order problem and should be dealt with empathy and meaningful community engagement,' Dr Purohit said.
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