Can the AYUSH system be instrumental in achieving universal health coverage in India?

The most recent severe acute respiratory condition corona infection outburst has overwhelmed an ill-equipped nature among a festival season. It was first appeared on December 1, 2019, Wuhan (China) and recognized as a coronavirus and has spread worldwide. The manifestations are fever, discomfort and cough which resolve in a couple of days yet may advance to an extreme in most of the cases, but if any comorbidity exists in the form of diabetes, hypertension or any other debilitating systemic disease, then it can lead to grave prognosis. It spread mainly from one person to another through air droplet. Although no vaccines have been discovered yet but still scientists are working relentlessly to find one. Thus, the society has must think about the complementary and alternative medicinal system. India has its traditional medicine “AYUSH”, which comprises of Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy. This review mainly aims to summarize the point’s alternative to allopathy. AYUSH helps in immune system boosting, act as an antiviral, anti-inflammatory, stress release. It has been reported in the literature that it has no side effect and is safe to use. So this current situation provides an opportunity to employ ancient traditional medicine to take part and try to deal in the best way to withstand covid-19.

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“…Indigenous systems of medicine were well-known and were chosen by everyone when allopathy was not available. (Samal and Dehury, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

Alternative Medicine for Fight against Covid-19/Coronavirus and “Alternative” Treatments

Katakwar

Keshwani

Nimbulkar

et al. 2021

ijrps

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“…These findings reflect that a more significant proportion of the rural population is unaware of health insurance and its associated benefits. 5 The predominant causes of morbidity, particularly in rural regions, are infectious, communicable, and waterborne illnesses, respiratory infections, pneumonia, and genital tract infections. Cancer, blindness, mental health issues, high blood pressure, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, accidents, and injuries are among the non-communicable diseases on the rise.…”

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Study on awareness of health insurance among the adult population of rural areas in the Wardha district of Maharashtra: a protocol

Bhoi,

Nagtode

2023

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Introduction: Globally, the foundation of health insurance is substantial. However, the Indian health insurance sector lags. Only 14.1% of the rural population is covered by health insurance. That is, 85.9% of individuals in rural India still lack any form of health expenditure coverage and are unaware and thus are uninsured. Despite all the efforts made by the health system to assist the Indian population with supporting their healthcare finances, the public is unable to use these services simply because they are unaware of them. Individuals without health insurance will experience impoverishment due to health-related problems. Increased health insurance awareness can also be an indicator of universal health coverage. The objective is to study rural community individuals' awareness, perception, and utilisation of health insurance and to determine the association between sociodemographic variables and awareness of health insurance. Methods: The study will be a community based cross-sectional and observational study design in the Wardha district of Maharashtra from September 2023. Individuals within the region who are over 18 and at home during the visit will be included in the study. Individuals under the age requirement, and any empty households during the visits will be excluded. A pre-designed and semi structured questionnaire will be used. House-to-house visits will be done and information will be obtained by interviews. SPSS 24.0 software will be used for the data analysis. Variables included are name, age, sex, type of family, occupation, and knowledge of health insurance. Conclusions: The results of this study will involve an assessment of the participant’s awareness, perception, and utilisation of health insurance, and the association between socio demographic variables and awareness of health insurance. Descriptive statistics like frequency and percentages will be calculated. Chi-square test will be used for association between variables.

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“…These Indian systems of medicine are prevalent and practiced in India and some neighboring Asian countries, with very few exceptions. The AYUSH system, which addresses the health requirements of the Indian populace, has brought back age-old indigenous medical methods [ 5 ]. In Puducherry, the Indian Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy Department, Government of Puducherry conducts 17 Siddha facilities.…”

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Morbidity profile of patients attended Siddha Regional Research Institute, Puducherry in 2017–A cross-sectional study

Balasubramanian

Shenbagaraj

Muthappan³

et al. 2022

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine

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Background In India, understanding the patterns of utilization of AYUSH care has been considered vital for increased focus on its mainstreaming and integration with prevailing biomedical systems. This paper aims to evaluate the morbidity profiling of the patients attended Siddha Regional Research Institute (SRRI), Puducherry in 2017. Methods A cross-sectional study in the patients conducted from January to December 2017. Data was collected for variables including age, gender, and clinical diagnosis from the records maintained in the unit. The data are presented as frequencies and proportions. Results We have collected 48,204 patients' data from the out-patient facility of SRRI from January to December 2017. The important patient were women (51.3%), 13 - 59 years of age (adults 75.5 %), and re-visitation cases (83.5 %). Osteoarthritis (15 %), sinusitis (6 %), respiratory illness (6 %), psoriasis (5 %), and diabetes (5 %) were the top reported diseases. According to the Siddha , Vatha diseases are reported higher than Pitha and Kabha diseases. Conclusion Overall, in the year 2017 the SRRI OPD has more revisited cases than new ones, and women were slightly higher in proportion compared to males. The most frequently treated disease in both adults and the geriatric population was the musculoskeletal diseases, precisely osteoarthritis. More respiratory diseases were treated in children. These data could be used to analyze the people's perspective in the effective management of certain diseases through Siddha . The establishment of an integrative health facility with a cross-referral system would fetch more credulous among the public.

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Can the AYUSH system be instrumental in achieving universal health coverage in India?

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Alternative Medicine for Fight against Covid-19/Coronavirus and “Alternative” Treatments

Alternative Medicine for Fight against Covid-19/Coronavirus and “Alternative” Treatments

Study on awareness of health insurance among the adult population of rural areas in the Wardha district of Maharashtra: a protocol

Morbidity profile of patients attended Siddha Regional Research Institute, Puducherry in 2017–A cross-sectional study

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