Stewardship is not a new concept for public policy, but has not been used to its optimum by the health policy-
makers. Although it is being practiced in most successful models of health system, but the onus to this function
is still due till date. Lately, few experts in World Health Organization (WHO) have realized its importance and
have been raising the issue at different platforms to pursue the most important function of the health system i.e.
stewardship. The core attributes of stewardship need to be understood in totality for better understanding of the
concept. The
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core attributes, required for hassle free functioning of a health system, include responsible manager,
political will, normative dimension, balanced interventionist and proponents of good governance
