Importance and Implementation Strategies of Systems Medicine Education in India

frequently by different experts of the field and suggested that health care system would be most benefited through it Like SB, numerous definitions are also available for SM, interested readers may consult the recent article written by Marc Kirschner, 2016. To us, SM is an implementation of SB approach to identify the key component(s) or mechanism(s) of the physiological system in an understanding of the pathophysiological state(s) transition, so that minimal procedure(s) can be adopted to maintain the sustainability of one's life as long as possible with the ethical applications of all existing scientific knowledge. This area would specially be important for the multifactorial noncommunicable diseases (NCD), as NCD diseases are considered to be the major health burden. As per 2008 data, 36 million deaths each year are caused by NCD, whereas 6.7 million people died of infectious diseases. This has been reflected in the 2008 Action Plan of World Health Organization. Contrary to popular opinion, available data demonstrate that 80% of NCD deaths occur in low-and middleincome countries