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
THE ECONOMIC TIMES
2
January
2023
What India needs to do to prepare for the next health crisis
-K. Srinath Reddy
HINDUSTAN TIMES
31
December
2022
Influenza and whooping cough (pertussis) vaccines in pregnancy
-Tila Khan , Dipanwita Sengupta
THE ECONOMIC TIMES
29
December
2022
View: A safe sub-unit protein vaccine will further enhance booster protection against Covid variants
-Dr. K Srinath Reddy
FINANCIAL EXPRESS
THE TIMES OF INDIA
27
December
2022
Covid 2023: Reengineer the response: Next year, instead of hype or fatigue, let’s focus on R&D & collecting good data
-Gagandeep Kang
THE ECONOMIC TIMES
25
December
2022
View: India is more than capable of riding out any new Covid wave. All it needs is to be smart
-Dr. Devi Shetty
THE TIMES OF INDIA
21
December
2022
Covid: How to prepare this time – India & the world must know what variant is causing China’s Covid wave
-Dr. K Srinath Reddy
I D R
16
December
2022
The importance of rituals in behaviour change
-Cristine H Legare, Faiz Hashmi , Nachiket Mor, Neela A Saldhana
Resources
Political motivation as a key driver for universal health coverage
Author: Sandhya Venkateswaran ,Shruti Slaria ,Sampriti Mukherjee
A theory of change roadmap for universal health coverage in India
Author: Angela Chaudhuri, Nilakshi Biswas, Shiv Kumar, Asha Jyothi, Ranjani Gopinath, Nachiket Mor, Preethi John, Thelma Narayan, Mirai Chatterjee, Vikram Patel
Pathways to reimagining commercial health insurance in India
Author: Hasna Ashraf, Indradeep Ghosh, Nishanth Kumar, Anjali Nambiar, Sowmini Prasad
Remaining India’s Health system : Technologies Levers for Universal Health Care
Author: Vijay Chandru , Sharad Sharma & Raghu Dharamraju
A historic opportunity for universal health coverage in India
Author: Vikram Patel , Subhangi Bhadada , Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw , Arnab Mukherji , Tarun khanna , Gangandeep Kang
Lessons for Developing Countries From Outlier Country Health Systems
Author: Nachiket Mor
India and its pluralistic health system – a new philosophy for Universal Health Coverage
Author: Sarika Chaturvedi, John Porter, Geetha Krishnan Gopala Krishna Pillai, Leena Abraham, Darshan Shankar, Bhushan Patwardhan
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
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