Preventive healthcare has become the most popular concept in the present era.
In India also, the health care system is experiencing dramatic changes from what it was a few decades ago. Preventive, as opposed to curative, health care has become the preferred option in most developed countries as it allows employees to be more productive. However, preventive health care in India is still at an early stage. Sedentary lifestyle has led to heart diseases and high levels of stress. Preventive health care involves measures to identify and minimize the risk of diseases, and alter the course of existing ones for a healthy and productive life.

Why Preventive Health care? Health is a basic fundamental right of all citizens and health promotion forms an intrinsic part of health care. According to the definition by the WHO “Health is a state of complete physical, social and mental well-being and not merely an absence of a disease or infirmity.” In recent years, this statement has been modified to include the ability to lead a “socially and economically productive life”.
Preventive health care is an important determinant of health since prevention means avoiding or slowing the course of a disease which is essential for a good quality of life. Investment in human capital leads to a healthy and educated populace which is in a better position to contribute to the growth of the economy through its employability, creativity and productivity.

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