Book Review – Public Health Care in India: Historical Background and Current Realities

Sanjay Kumar and Jugal Kishore, Public Health Care in India: Historical Background and Current Realities, New Delhi: Century Publications, 2020, 288 pages, Rs 450.

Sanjay Kumar and Jugal Kishore’s book, Public Health Care in India: Historical Background and Current Realities, is a valuable contribution towards both understanding the current health care scenario in India and to historical accounts of the evolution of public health practices. The book takes us through public health during ancient India, medical practices in the medieval era and emerging concept ofs modern public health in colonial India, that have shaped the foundation of the public health system in independent India and impacted the plans, policies and progress in health care.