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Health care systems need to be advanced if a nation has to progress.  Nation is an abstract identity that survives on its own. It basically consists of men, women and children who give physical shape to a nation. In order for a country to grow its people should remain hale and healthy.

Health care is not all about treating a person when he or she falls sick. It involves a lot of pro-active monitoring of health of people. Thought accidents and other mishaps do happen regularly, which require a robust and working health care system, many people suffer from ailments which are easily preventable provided there is a good preventive health care system in place. Each nook and corner of any country should have facilities for conducting routine tests such as checks to determine cholesterol levels, blood pressure and blood sugar tests.

Let us remember that the two major sources of death throughout the world are heart attacks and strokes. If these two giant killers could be tackled, the health care delivery systems would have taken care of the most major problem and challenge. However, to tackle these twin challenges it is necessary to have a good preventive mechanism in place.

Another challenge which health care providers face in many parts of the world is diseases which thrive and grow in poverty. Tuberculosis, cholera, malaria, dengue and many other air, water and insect borne diseases are also great killers and fighting these is indeed a big challenge. Along with a good health care system it is also very important for the authorities to pay attention to clean surroundings and help provide clean drinking water and pure air. Without these basics being in place it is unlikely that real health care will ever take off. Further, if people are made more literate and are moved up one-notch from the deep hole of poverty, that itself will go a long way in ensuring good health care facilities.