• ASHIK PRADEEP.V

World Health Organization in its preamble to its constitution defines health as ‘a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’. It categorically states that the benefit of the highest attainable standard of wellbeing is one of the fundamental rights of every citizen, irrespective of the country they reside in. It postulates that health should be provided without distinction of race, caste, creed, religion, political belief, economic and social condition. Health care at low cost was our motto and hence a diseases free environment was set up in the state. Even though the state was going through critical financial crunch it didn’t challenge the development process in the health sector. Kerala is well recognized in international public health circles as a region where its citizens enjoy good health. Infant mortality and longevity match that of European nations, and the prevalence of severe degrees of malnutrition is the lowest in India. Demographic indicators highlight the impressive health accomplishments of the state when compared to the rest of the country. But this whole process started to slow down in the last phase of the twentieth century. The new LPG policy introduced by the Central government of India brought cataclysmic change into the health sector of Kerala. This paper travels to unravel the downfall of this sector.

Health -Infrastructure- Kerala Model- Neo Liberal Policy- Travancore- Transition

"REITERATING THE CONCEPT OF 'KERALA HEALTH MODEL' IN MODERN TIMES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.1851-1855, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901D64.pdf

"REITERATING THE CONCEPT OF 'KERALA HEALTH MODEL' IN MODERN TIMES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp1851-1855, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901D64.pdf