Data on The Current State of Medical Education and Resources in India (2011-2012)

India is a data poor country. It's not easy to find reliable authentic data regarding medical education and healthcare in India. Most of the data available freely online is from the 2001 census and out-of-date. Not Anymore! Here we present some important and latest statistics (2011-2012) to uncover the state of medical education and resources in India.

The Medical Council of India has 7.5 lakhs registered allopathic doctors. Two lakh of the registered doctors (27%) in India aren't working anymore.

Only 17% of all allopathic doctors in India are women. In Rural areas, only 6% of allopathic doctors are women. There is less than one female allopathic doctor per 10,000 population in rural areas (0.5), whereas it is 6.5 in urban areas. Nearly two-thirds or 66% of all health workers are men.

At present, there is only one doctor for every 2,000 population. The target is to have one doctor for every 1,000 population, which the MCI hopes to achieve by 2031 !!

Of the 640 districts, only 193 have a medical college. Fifty eight percent of medical colleges (private and public) in India are in south western states which is home to 31 percent of the Indian population.

Indian professionals constitute a significant proportion of doctors in many developed nations.In U.S. 4.9 percent foreign trained doctors are Indian emigrant doctors. In UK it is 10.9 percent, Australia 4 percent and in Canada 2.1 percent.

Against a World Health Organization recommended norm of 23/25 health workers (doctors, nurses, midwives) per 10,000 population, India has 19 health workers per 10,000 (doctors - 6, nurses and midwives - 13).

At present there are 334 medical colleges in the country. Out of which 154 medical colleges are in government sector and the remaining 180 medical colleges in private sector. The annual intake capacity of these medical colleges is approximately 41,500 students. The number of PG seats available in the current academic year is 22,194 as against 13,043 in the year 2008-09.

As of March 2010, there are 23,673 Primary Health centers in the country. Presently, 18 percent of primary health centers in the country lack doctors, 38 percent have no laboratory technician and 16 percent doesn’t even have a pharmacist.


Sources:
The Times of India Report on Lok Sabha proceedings
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Annual report, Dec 2011

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'Commercial Effectiveness in Pharma 2012' at Mumbai in August

Introducing the first event by the new Pharma Search Conventions. (an extension of the Pharma Search Laboratory). As shared by Akshata Rao (formerly with eyeforpharma.com ), the meet would be at Mumbai, India (TBC)  on 3rd, 4th August 2012 at Courtyard Marriott.

We are sharing an abridged agenda of this very interesting sounding event. You will have to click on their link (at the end) for more info.

Agenda for Commercial Effectiveness in Pharma 2012:

• Current and Future landscape of the Indian Pharmaceutical market

• Establishing your brand in the competitive Indian pharma environment

• Doctographics : Understand the importance of segmenting doctors for an effective commercial model

• Marketing Excellence and Execution: Data and Customer segmentation

• Employing alternative marketing strategies for your brand

• Build the gap between the marketing strategy and execution

• Upgrade your Sales Force Effectiveness model and learn about Key Account Management

• Forging relationships with healthcare providers

• Government regulations and implications for the pharmaceutical industry in India

via: Commercial Effectiveness in Pharma 2012

I plan to be there to evangelize active use of Web 2.0 services to promote the healthcare ecosystem in India. Like i mentioned in my presentation at #Branddrift 2012 (See Doctors are waiting for pharma to enter the digital world), there are a number of basic preparatory steps pharma (in India) needs to take today so as to have the ability to launch any kind of e-campaign.


Akshata promises us a whole bouquet of talks and discussions touching upon all the topics relevant to the pharmaceutical market force today. If you plan to be there too, just fill in the form below and we will get you a discount on any fees.

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