Full Description
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of India's healthcare challenges and the pathways to achieving universal health coverage. It critically examines the current healthcare landscape, highlighting persistent issues such as undernutrition, demographic transitions, and pandemic vulnerabilities.
The book emphasises the importance of strengthening public healthcare systems, investing in human resources, and adopting a community-centred approach to health policy. It discusses the need for decentralised community action, substantial public investment in healthcare infrastructure, addressing urban health challenges, and developing a more inclusive and accessible healthcare model. Drawing on microstudies from across different states, the volume offers evidence-based recommendations for policymakers to transform India's healthcare ecosystem and make quality healthcare a reality for all. Its multidisciplinary approach - spanning healthcare policy, economics, and social development - ensures relevance across diverse professional domains while maintaining a clear focus on healthcare improvement in India. This broad yet focused perspective makes it a valuable resource for both specialists in the field and those seeking to understand the complexities of India's healthcare challenges and solutions.
Part of the Innovations, Practice and the Future of Public Policy in India series, this open access volume will interest policy professionals, administrators, academics, and researchers in public health, healthcare economics, and development studies.
This book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Contents
List of Figures viii List of Tables x List of Contributors xii Preface to Volume xxiii Preface xxv Acknowledgements xxvii 1 Making Healthcare for All a Reality: Addressing Key Challenges 1 K. Srinath Reddy, Girija Vaidyanathan, and Amarjeet Sinha PART I Overview - Perspectives on Public Health 17 2 Envisioning a Healthy India: Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future 19 K. Srinath Reddy 3 Key Gaps in Healthcare for All - Why Public Systems Matter 26 Amarjeet Sinha 4 Global Insights on Comprehensive Primary Healthcare 52 Sandhya Venkateswaranvi Contents 5 Turning the Politics of Knowledge Upside Down: Community-Centred Public Policy for Sustainable Universal Healthcare Systems 86 Ritu Priya 6 Towards Realising the Goal of Universal Health Coverage 117 A.K. Shiva Kumar PART II Learning from the States 137 7 Building Ayushman Bharat - Health and Wellness Centres - Early Lessons with Comprehensive Primary Health Care in Tamil Nadu - 2015-2022 139 V.R. Muraleedharan, Girija Vaidyanathan, and Rajesh M. 8 Learning from the Past: Kerala's Preparedness for Future Pandemics 160 Rajeev Sadanandan 9 Bringing 'the Public into Public Health': Learnings from India's Community Action for Health Programme, National Health Mission 173 Poonam Muttreja 10 Making Government-Funded Health Insurance an Effective Strategy for Universal Health Coverage 200 Sanjay Kaul and Nikita Pandey 11 Improving Health and Well-Being of Migrants in India 220 Pavitra Mohan, Ashmita Gulechha, and Divya Varma PART III Human Resources for Health 245 12 Reflections from Two Decades of ASHA Programme Implementation 247 Garima Gupta 13 Building Capacity in Public Health Systems: Experience of the National Health Systems Resource Centre and the Mitanin Programme 276 T. Sundararaman 14 Strengthening the Health Workforce in India: Challenges and Priorities for Achieving Universal Healthcare 295 Sanjay Zodpey and Anup Karan PART IV Sectoral Policy Challenges in Healthcare for All 327 15 Healthcare for All: Challenges in Urban Areas 329 Mahaveer Golechha and Dileep Mavalankar 16 Addressing Commercial Determinants of Health to Promote Health for All 356 Monika Arora, Shalini Bassi, and Ankur Sharan 17 Evolving Landscape of India's Pharmaceutical Sector 383 Preeti Kumar, Aashna Mehta, and Senthil Ganesh 18 Moving beyond Corporatisation: Advancing Publicness in Healthcare Systems 408 Abhay Shukla 19 Air Pollution: Public Health Impacts and Policy Measures 430 Bhargav Krishna and Nazneen 20 The Future of Mental Health Care in India: Policy Innovations with a Community Focus 449 Satish Suhas and Pratima Murthy Index 482
