Reimagining India's health system: a Lancet Citizens’ Commission

Type Journal Article Author Vikram Patel Author Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Author Gagandeep Kang Author Pamela Das Author Tarun Khanna URL https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32174-7/abstract Series Comment Publication The Lancet ISSN 0140-6736, 1474-547X Date 2020/12/10 Extra Publisher: Elsevier PMID: 33308485 Journal Abbr The Lancet DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32174-7 Library Catalog www.thelancet.com Language English Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic and response are having profound impacts on India's people, leading to myriad health-care challenges, a looming economic recession, and humanitarian crises.1 The long-standing need for universal health coverage (UHC) in India has been brought into sharp focus by the pandemic. The mission of the Lancet Citizens’ Commission on reimagining India's health system is to lay out the path to achieving UHC in India in the coming decade. Short Title Reimagining India's health system