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A resilient health system necessitates strong governance, political commitment, effective administrative entities and inter-organisational collaboration. This paper examines India's current health policy landscape and explores the analytical and operational capacities required to establish a robust post-pandemic health system using the policy capacity framework described by Wu et al. (2015). We emphasised the need for a coordinated policy response to strengthen health information systems, health service management, human resource management and healthcare financing. The role that the planned implementation of Indian public health management cadres would play in the coming era, the importance of a comprehensive health information management system and the need for operational coordination between government and non-governmental organisations has also been emphasised. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aging population is of growing concern all across the globe as well as in India. Polypharmacy has been defined as the simultaneous use of multiple medications by an individual and the clinical suitability of such use. Polypharmacy is found more frequently in the geriatric population. Researches in India have also reiterated the fact. Polypharmacy in the geriatric population leads to many negative consequences such as increased adverse drug reactions, falls, frailty, and even increased mortality. Moreover, it leads to increased out-of-pocket expenditure. Polypharmacy also poses risk of poor treatment adherence and missed dose in the geriatric population. Mitigation measures in this regard may include increased awareness among physicians, improved medication management and adherence, efforts to reduce self-medication, and improper crosspathy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]