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State the meaning and importance of health.

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Health: World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as ‘A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’.

Importance of health: The productivity of a labour is dependent on his health. The way education is a means for healthy mind, health services and its infrastructure is a means for physical health of the body.

A National income is directly dependent on the public health. If the labour is not healthy he may fall ill frequently which will then adversely affect his productivity and overall production.

Improvement in health can help in economic growth in three ways. They are:

  1. When productivity of individuals increases due to good health, it increases overall output.
  2. Natural resources can be better utilized and wastage of resources can be stopped.
  3. Rise in incomes of labour, leads to higher standard of living which in turn boosts economy.


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