Health sector local products

Whether the strategy will be to use plants and extracts directly to improve health and nutrition or indirectly for income generation so that famihes and communities can use the additional income to purchase food, medicines, school fees and clothes can both be pursued. In both cases, a better understanding of the markets for these natural products and the role(s) that this sector can play in local and regional economic development is key regardless of whether internationally trade is the objective, as the ecomomic impact will be felt locally for each of the intended markets. Furthermore, many parts of the plant species are also used in making different products such as handicrafts, mats, brooms and other household utensils in addition to the more health and medicinal applications. 

Domestic perceptions that locally produced products are of inferior quality relative to imports and (4) the lack of public and private sector investment in the infrastmcture that facilities such export readiness, value-addition processing opportunities and thus international trade and (5) The need for real pubhc policy discussion and changes that could better integrate formally the use of botanicals in health care while assuring safety. 

By the early 1980s, the national goiter prevalence survey data demonstrated, however, that goiter was not localized, but rather affected all regions of India. In 1984, the Central Council of Health took the decision to iodize all edible salt throughout the country, and invited private sector participation in the production and distribution of iodized salt. USI was to be achieved completely in a phased manner by 1990. 

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