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National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL)
Why is it in the news?
- India's first National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL) has been finalised by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
- The NEDL aims to bridge the current regulatory system’s gap that do not cover all the medical devices and in-vitro diagnostic device (IVD).
More in the news
- India has become the first country to compile such a list that would provide guidance to the government for deciding the kind of diagnostic tests.
- The current system is equipped to manage only the few notified devices.
- The list is meant for facilities from village till the district level.
- NEDL builds upon the Free Diagnostics Service Initiative and other diagnostics initiatives of the Health Ministry to provide an expanded basket of tests at different levels of the public health system.
- The new list of essential diagnostics would be on the lines of the essential medicines list, to ensure that quality diagnosis is provided at the healthcare facilities.
- If the diagnostic list is included, the prices will be regulated under the Drug Price Control Order, 2013.
WHO list:
- WHO released first edition of essential diagnostics list (EDL) in May 2018.
- WHO’s EDL acts as a reference point for development of national EDL.
- However, India’s diagnostics list has been customised and prepared as per landscape of India’s health care priorities.
Source
The Hindu.