Tag: UHC
Universal Healthcare: Experts underpin challenges & call for strengthening of Tier...
Accessibility, quality, affordability, and shortage of health professionals and equipment are the main barriers that need to be addressed with collective efforts
Novartis renews WHO medicine donation pledge with aim of ending leprosy
Novartis leprosy medicine donation program with WHO extended to 2025. Program has already treated over 7 million patients since 2000..........................
Crowdfunding making a positive impact on needy patients’ lives
The fast-growing online platforms such as ImpactGuru.com enable crowdfunding for meeting emergency healthcare costs of poor and lower-middle-class sections of the society.................
More than 17,000 Ayushman Bharat centres operational in India: Health Ministry
Reaffirming its commitment towards universal healthcare, the union health ministry in collaboration with the World Health Organization formed a solidarity human chain on 4th April at New Delhi..................
Modicare offers a great opportunity to create a robust health infrastructure
Need for wide reforms across public and private healthcare providers to meet the goal of universal health coverage (UHC) under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)................
South-East Asia countries to intensify efforts to control dengue, eliminate malaria
Reviewing the progress, challenges, capacities and opportunities for strengthening health workforce, the 11 countries agreed to continue to focus on frontline workers, improve rural retention and transformative education, and increase coordination between health and other ministries...…………..
Health financing & strategic purchasing key to achieving Universal Health Coverage:...
The health experts who had gathered at a roundtable organized by George Institute in Delhi stressed on the need for addressing the healthcare requirements of the vast population in a robust and integrated scheme that should take care of the nuances...........
‘Skill for Life, Save a Life’ to promote skill development in...
Under this initiative, the various courses are planned to be started targeting specific competencies for healthcare professionals as well as for the general public..........
Public health expenditure in India stood at 1.4% of GDP in...
The statistics from the Economic Survey commissioned by the government shows that public health spending in India continues to be dismal..........
Experts deliberate on healthcare as a commodity vs basic human need
The Tata Memorial Centre’s Platinum Jubilee Conference held at Mumbai recently was focused on setting up of and managing infrastructure, medical and human resources and reducing out-of-pocket expenses....