Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nWith this, India has become the first country to compile\nsuch a list that would provide guidance to the government for deciding the kind\nof diagnostic tests that different healthcare facilities in villages and remote\nareas require.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The list is meant for facilities from village till the\ndistrict level, noted ICMR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WHO list<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
WHO released first edition of essential diagnostics list\n(EDL) in May 2018. Even though WHO\u2019s EDL acts as a reference point for\ndevelopment of national EDL, India\u2019s diagnostics list has been customised and\nprepared as per landscape of India\u2019s health care priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NEDL builds upon the Free Diagnostics Service Initiative and\nother diagnostics initiatives of the Health Ministry to provide an expanded\nbasket of tests at different levels of the public health system, explained a\nsenior ICMR official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said implementation of National Essential Diagnostics List would enable improved health care services delivery through evidence-based care, improved patient outcomes and reduction in out-of-pocket expenditure; effective utilisation of public health facilities; effective assessment of disease burden, disease trends, surveillance, and outbreak identification; and address antimicrobial resistance crisis too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile affordability of diagnostics is a prime concern in\nlow, middle-income countries like India, low cost, inaccurate diagnostics have\nmade their way into the Indian market which has no place in the quality health\ncare system,\u201d said a senior official at ICMR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe list also encompasses tests relevant for new programmes\nsuch as Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya\nYojana. In addition to tests, corresponding IVD products have also been\nrecommended,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diagnostics serve a key role in improving health and quality\nof life and the ICMR has noted that the key challenges anticipated during\nimplementation of the National EDL include \u2014 \u201cAdoption by States and\nharmonisation with local standard diagnostic protocols and treatment\nguidelines, provision of requisite infrastructure, processes and human\nresources, ensuring quality of tests including EQAS and quality control and\nadequate utilisation of EDL tests for making informed decisions for treatment\nprotocols.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In India, diagnostics (medical devices and in vitro\ndiagnostics) follow a regulatory framework based on the drug regulations under\nthe Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Drugs and Cosmetics Rules 1945.\nDiagnostics are regulated under the regulatory provisions of the Medical Device\nRules, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) finalised India\u00b4s first National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL) which aims to bridge the current regulatory system\u2019s gap that do not cover all the medical devices and in-vitro diagnostic device (IVD). The current system is equipped to manage only the few notified devices. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 With this, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":4961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[502],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-4960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-articles","tag-national-essential-diagnostics-list"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4962,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4960\/revisions\/4962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4960"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=4960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}