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Early childhood biometrics: A tool to improve healthcare delivery
Jul 01, 2024

Early childhood biometrics: A tool to improve healthcare delivery

Capturing biometrics for children will help achieve Universal Health Coverage by providing greater access to healthcare to children from vulnerable po

सार्वजनिक-खाजगी भागीदारी: आरोग्य प्रणाली लवचिकतेचे सूचक
May 16, 2024

सार्वजनिक-खाजगी भागीदारी: आरोग्य प्रणाली लवचिकतेचे सूचक

आरोग्य क्षेत्रातील सार्वजनिक - खाजगी भागीदारी (पीपीपी), म�

Public private partnerships: Fostering health system resilience
Apr 23, 2024

Public private partnerships: Fostering health system resilience

Employing Public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the health sector has the potential to deliver quality healthcare services that are both affordable an

Time is right for the big healthcare push in India
Apr 05, 2024

Time is right for the big healthcare push in India

Infrastructure deficits and a lack of awareness about available healthcare benefits remain significant obstacles to achieving universal health coverag

South-South cooperation for maternal health: Advancing India's role
Apr 05, 2024

South-South cooperation for maternal health: Advancing India's role

With India’s assumption as the voice of the Global South, its progress in the maternal mortality ratio and maternal and child health can serve as a

Interim Budget 2024: India’s health spending during the pandemic years
Feb 03, 2024

Interim Budget 2024: India’s health spending during the pandemic years

In the Interim Budget, the government seems to be focusing on important pillars of its Universal Health Coverage plans, namely healthcare infrastructu

भारत, कोविड-19 और वैश्विक स्वास्थ्य एजेंडा
Jul 29, 2023

भारत, कोविड-19 और वैश्विक स्वास्थ्य एजेंडा

भारत की वैश्विक महत्वाकांक्षाएं कोविड-19 महामारी और उसके �

ब्रिटेन में ओमिक्रॉन के क़हर की आहट!
Jul 29, 2023

ब्रिटेन में ओमिक्रॉन के क़हर की आहट!

ओमिक्रॉन लहर के प्रबंधन में मिले-जुले संकेत और सरकार के ख�

The third wave amidst a military coup in Myanmar
Jul 20, 2021

The third wave amidst a military coup in Myanmar

Myanmar currently requires prioritisation to secure the lives of citizens. The doctors rather than being arrested, wounded, or killed should be brough

COVID-19’s impact on EU solidarity and US healthcare debate
May 01, 2020

COVID-19’s impact on EU solidarity and US healthcare debate

Even as the coronavirus pandemic strains European solidarity, its ideas on social protection experience a fillip — but this time on the other side o

India-Africa health partnership: Perspectives
Mar 07, 2020

India-Africa health partnership: Perspectives

The time for an India-Africa partnership is ripe. Governments must be put to task to ensure that health stakeholders and all partnerships remain commi

East Africa and BIMSTEC: Aligning private sector to public health goals
Apr 08, 2019

East Africa and BIMSTEC: Aligning private sector to public health goals

Bringing Universal Health Coverage centre-stage will prove too ambitious for many countries without co-opting the private sector.

Weakening NHM Mission Steering Group is a mistake India can ill-afford
Mar 17, 2018

Weakening NHM Mission Steering Group is a mistake India can ill-afford

In this era of exciting developments in the health sector, where NHM is going to be the mainstay of the Ayushman Bharat through the NHPS initiative wh

Future of Universal Health Coverage in Asia: Learning from each other
Sep 30, 2017

Future of Universal Health Coverage in Asia: Learning from each other

Universal health coverage is really a health system issue. It is not a scheme, it is not a programme — it has much to do with all aspects that go in

Can PMJAY fix India’s healthcare system? Crossing five hurdles on the path to universal health coverage
Oct 12, 2018

Can PMJAY fix India’s healthcare system? Crossing five hurdles on the path to universal health coverage

Arguably the most ambitious health insurance programme in the world today, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) gives India the chance to transform its healthcare infrastructure. Launched in September 2018 and foreshadowing the general elections of 2019, PMJAY is equal-parts political and economic. It aims to address the healthcare needs of India’s poorest 100 million households and has the potential to deliver what its predecessors ove

CoWIN app for vaccine, telemedicine: 2021 is the turning point for India’s healthcare through AI
Jan 08, 2021

CoWIN app for vaccine, telemedicine: 2021 is the turning point for India’s healthcare through AI

The remedy to overcome India’s healthcare afflictions calls for the amalgamation of data, technology and collaboration.

Gendered Prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases in India’s Older Adults
Feb 16, 2024

Gendered Prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases in India’s Older Adults

Rapid advancements in medicine and falling fertility rates have contributed to the rise in the population of India’s older adults in recent decades. This demographic and epidemiological shift has a gendered impact: A higher proportion of women over the age of 60, compared to their male counterparts, suffer from Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, hypertension, heart and bone diseases, cancers, cognitive decline, and depression. T

Political and policy lessons from Thailand’s UHC experience
Apr 25, 2017

Political and policy lessons from Thailand’s UHC experience

Thailand is one of the few developing countries in the world that have successfully implemented Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Beginning three decades ago, Thailand’s UHC first covered the poor, then the near-poor, the formal sector employees, and the children and the elderly, through various publicly funded and contributory schemes until it reached 71 percent of the entire population in 2000. The government elected in 2001 implemented full-p

What Ails Health Systems in Africa? An Economic Perspective
Dec 28, 2020

What Ails Health Systems in Africa? An Economic Perspective

There is hardly any doubt that failing health systems result in poor health outcomes and hamper progress towards the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In Africa, health systems are hobbled by leadership and governance challenges, extreme shortages of health workers, corruption in procurement systems for medical products and technologies, poor information systems, and health financing const