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
News And Media
HINDUSTAN TIMES
06
Oct
2022
Where does India stand with its human resources for health?
-Madhurima Vuddemarry & Siddhesh Zadey
THE NEW INDIA EXPRESS
HINDUSTAN TIMES
28
Sept
2022
Are we measuring our health workforce shortage right?
-Siddhesh Zadey, Yash Kamath, & Shavari Mande
HEALTH WORLD
27
Sept
2022
Reducing her Burden: Contraception as a critical step towards women’s empowerment
-Poonam Muttreja & Andrea Wojnar
HARVARD PUBLIC HEALTH
21
Sept
2022
Could telemedicine make universal health care a reality in India?
-Parth Sharma & Siddhesh Zadey
THE INDIAN EXPRESS
08
Sept
2022
How sitting for long slams your heart and lungs, raises blood sugar and piles up belly fat
-K Srinath Reddy
HEALTH WORLD
06
Sept
2022
India needs a life cycle approach to overcome its persisting nutrition-related challenges
-Sanghamitra Singh
FINANCIAL EXPRESS
Resources
Remaining India’s health system: a Lancet Citizens’ Commission
Author: Vikram Patel , Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw , Gagandeep Kang , Pamela Das , Pamela Das
India’s resurgence of COVID-19: urgent actions needed
Author: Armida Feranadez, , Arnab Mukherji , Atul Gupta , Bhushan Patwardhan , Devi Shetty, Gangandeep Kang , K. sujatha rao , Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw , Lella E. caleb Varkey , Mirai chetterjee , Nachiket Mor , Poonam Muttreja , S V Subramanian , Sandhya Venkateswaran , Sapna Desai , Assoicate , Sharad Sharma , Tarun Khanna , Thelma Narayan , Vijay Chandru , Vikram Patel , Yamini Aiyar
A historic opportunity for universal health coverage in India
Author: Vikram Patel , Subhangi Bhadada , Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw , Arnab Mukherji , Tarun khanna , Gangandeep Kang
Remaining India’s Health system : Technologies Levers for Universal Health Care
Author: Vijay Chandru , Sharad Sharma & Raghu Dharamraju
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