Kerala needs a health research policy which is different from the national policy because the health issues faced by Kerala are unique, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said.
He was inaugurating the two-day international conference on Biomedical translational research, organised by the State Higher Education Council, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Health Sciences and Technology and Kerala Medical Technology Consortium here on Thursday.
Mr. Vijayan said that though Kerala was on par with many developed nations as far as the indicators on health fronts are concerned, health research in Kerala had remained at an abysmal low. The government’s intent and focus would be on improving the State’s potential for world-class research in health. In recent times, many health issues have been coming up in Kerala to which serious health researchers need to pay more attention. Chronic diseases and non-communicable diseases are rising at an alarming pace in Kerala, he said.
