The Hindu Editorial (Pandemic resilience) – Dec 23, 2020

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Pandemic resilience) – Dec 23, 2020:

pandemic (noun) – the worldwide spread of a new disease; The illness spreads around the world and typically affects a large number of people across a wide area.
call (for) (noun) – need, necessity, demand, requirement.
kernel (noun) – essential part, fundamental part, basic part of something, crux, nucleus.
Parliamentary Standing Committee/Parliamentary panel (noun) – it is a committee (consisting of Members of Parliament) constituted usually on an annual basis to enable detailed consideration/discussion on all bills (all proposed laws).
comprehensive (adjective) – all-inclusive, broad-based, complete/thorough.
Public Health Act (noun) – The introduction of Public Health Act will empower the governments to handle unforeseen situations like the COVID-19 pandemic. This Act will dawn a new era of healthcare wherein every citizen of the country would be able to avail the basic healthcare facilities with due deliberation. Although Government of India has tried to bring in new legislation, yet there was absence of political will and knowledge to foresee such disasters. In 1955 and 1987, the Government developed Public Health Act, but it failed to garner the support of the states.
stress (noun) – strain, pressure, tension; trouble, difficulty, distress.
fragmented (adjective) – divided, split, separated, disintegrated.
National Health Profile (NHP) 2019 (noun) -The annual publication titled “National Health Profile 2019” is released by Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI), India. The publication provides vital information on all major health sector related indicators viz. demographic, socio-economic, health status, health finance, health infrastructure and human resources for the specified calendar year in a comprehensive manner.
prolonged (adjective) – lengthy, extended, protracted, continuous.
underinvestment (noun) – insufficient investment.
public health (noun) – the branch of medicine handling public health; public health is also the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities through education, policy making and research for disease and injury prevention.
seek (verb – try, attempt.
regulatory (adjective) – governmental, executive, supervisory, managerial.
oversight (noun) – supervision, surveillance, control.
flee (verb) – run away, run off, take flight, escape.
acknowledge (verb) – admit, accept, realize.
framework (noun) – structure, system organization.
call for (phrasal verb) – require, publicly ask/necessitate, demand.
omnibus (adjective) – the Latin word literally meaning “for all”; consisting several parts/items.
curb (verb) – control, contain, restrict, limit.
profiteering (noun) – an act of making an excessive/illegal profit.
robust (adjective) – strong, powerful.
indictment (noun) – a formal charge, accusation, allegation (of a serious misconduct/wrongdoing).
feverish (adjective) – frenzied, hectic, furious, uncontrolled/unrestrained.
commerce (noun) – trade, business.
provision (noun) – facilities, services, amenities, solutions.
address (verb) – tackle, deal with, grapple with.
asymmetry (noun) – lack of equality, non-uniformity, unevenness, lack of symmetry.
commit oneself to (phrase) – pledge to, promise to, bind yourself to (do something).
covenant (noun) – contract, agreement, deal.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (noun) – The sustainable development goals (SDGs) are a new, universal set of goals, targets and indicators that UN member states will be expected to use to frame their agendas and political policies over the next 15 years.
evade (verb) – avoid, dodge, elude, escape.
National Health Policy, 2017 (noun) – India’s National Health Policy, 2017 envisions the goal of attaining highest possible level of health and well-being for all and for all ages through a preventive and promotive health care orientation in all developmental policies and universal access to good quality health care services without financial hardship to the citizens.
turn away (phrasal verb) – repel, reject, rebuff, send away.
breach (noun) – contravention, violation, breaking, non-compliance.
staggering (adjective) – astonishing, shocking, surprising.
what is more (phrase) – moreover.
regulator (noun) – an association that supervises a particular business activity.
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) (noun) – it is an autonomous, statutory body tasked with regulating and promoting the insurance and re-insurance industries in India.
equitable (adjective) – fair, just, impartial.
lie in (phrasal verb) – be present, be contained, exist.
erstwhile (adjective) – old, previous, former, then.
The Planning Commission (noun) – The Planning Commission was an institution in the Government of India established in 1950, which formulated India’s Five-Year Plans, among other functions to oversee the country’s economic and social development. The Planning Commission was replaced by NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) in 2015 to act as a think tank. (think tank is a panel of experts who provide advice and ideas on political, social or economic issues).
single-payer (healthcare) (noun) – Under a single-payer healthcare system, everyone receives comprehensive coverage regardless of their ability to pay. The government is the only entity paying for the coverage, most likely funded through taxes. In this system, the term “single-payer” refers to the government.
procurement (noun) – the action of procuring/purchasing something.
time-bound (adjective) – related to a certain moment or era in time.
transition (noun) – change.
rights-based (adjective) – based on the (human) rights.
exclusionary (adjective) – alienating, isolating, separating out/sorting out, segregating.
non-exclusionary (adjective) – not exclusionary.
expose (verb) – uncover, reveal, show, display, exhibit, disclose.
reliance on (noun) – confidence in, dependence, belief in.
tertiary care/hospital (noun) – highly specialized medical care.
corrective (adjective) – remedial, curative, restorative.
corrective (action) (noun) – action to eliminate the cause of a detected non-conformity or other undesirable situation.
public expenditure/spending or government expenditure/spending (noun) – money spent by the government.
Gross domestic product (GDP) (noun) – a measure of economic activity in a country. It is the total value of a country’s annual output of goods and service.