About the Commission
The Lancet Citizens’ Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System is a cross-sector initiative to develop a citizens’ roadmap to achieving universal health coverage in India in a period of ten years. Read more…
Workstreams
Citizens’ Engagement
The foundation of the Lancet Commission relies on gathering insights into the expectations and experiences of healthcare from healthcare providers, including frontline workers and citizens of diverse social groups in our country across gender and age.
Financing
Address challenges related to the sources and utilization of health expenditures, in order to maximise financial risk protection and to ensure an effective, equitable, reliable, and responsive health system for all.
Governance
Propose a governance framework characterised by a robust regulation architecture, coordination across levels of government, and increased accountability with the goal of high quality healthcare for all citizens.
Human Resources
Enable effective human resources planning and policy to address shortages and inequitable distribution, enhance skill development, improve motivation and working conditions, and expand access to a plurality of health care services.
Technology
Harness a variety of technologies to improve health outcomes, expand access to healthcare, empower patients and usher patient-focused regulation.
Hear from the Co-chairs
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India's Progression towards greater economic prowess have to be powered by healthy citizenry.
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Tarun Khanna
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We have an opportunity to chart socio-economic parity through universal health equity.
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Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
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The pandemic offers a historic opportunity to realise the country's aspirations to achieve universal health coverage.
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Vikram Patel
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We can and must work together to build health coverage that is universal in every sense from what it provides to whom it reaches.
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Gagandeep Kang
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District-level monitoring of universal health coverage, India
Author: Arnab Mukherji,Megha Rao, Sapna Desai, S V Subramanian, Gagandeep Kange & Vikram Patel
The Barriers to Universal Health Coverage in India and the Strategies to Address Them: A Key Informant Study
Author: Anuska Kalita, Noah Carton-Rossen, Linju Joseph, Deepshikha Chhetri, Vikram Patel
Evolution of community health workers: the fourth stage
Author: Nachiket Mor, Bindu Ananth, Viraj Ambalam, Aquinas Edassery, Ajay Meher, Pearl Tiwari, Vinayak Sonawane, Anagha Mahajani, Krisha Mathur, Amishi Parekh and Raghu Dharmaraju
Is contributory health insurance indeed an addiction to a bad idea? A comment on its relevance for low- and middle-income countries
Author: Nachiket Mor, Hasna Ashraf
Teleradiology and technology innovations in radiology: status in India and its role in increasing access to primary health care
Author: Anuradha Chandramohan, Viswajit Krothapalli, Ann Augustin, Madhavi Kandagaddala, Hannah Mary Thomas, Thambu David Sudarsanam, Ammar Jagirdar, Shalini Govil, Arjun Kalyanpur
Estimating funds required for UHC within Indian States
Author: Nachiket Mor, Sudheer Kumar Shukla
Yes to pluralistic health system, but no to homeopathy
Author: Siddhesh Zadey
Cooperative healthcare model: A comment on its scope in India
Author: Nachiket Mor, Hasna Ashraf , Anjali Nambiar
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