The Lancet Citizens’ Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System, a cross-sector initiative to develop a citizens’ roadmap to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in India over a period of ten years, was launched online.
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It was a first-of-its-kind participatory, countrywide initiative, in collaboration with world’s leading health journal The Lancet and the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University.
The mission of the Commission is to lay out the path to achieving UHC in India in the coming decade, working with all stakeholders.
The Commission will be guided by four principles:
- first, UHC covers all health concerns;
- secondly, prevention and long-term care are key;
- Thirdly, the concern is financial protection for all health costs, and
- finally, aspiring for a health system that can be accessed by all who enjoy the same quality.