Health of a nation | The Indian Express

Health of a nation | The Indian Express

Written by K Srinath Reddy |Updated: April 15, 2019 12:18:13 am

The writer is president, Public Health Foundation of India.

Health of a nation

In election season, parties promise universal health care. But it will need to be defined and monitored

UHC has to be cashless at the point of care and health benefits under the programme have to be available for access anywhere in the country.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) sought to highlight the importance and urgency of achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) when choosing this year’s theme for the World Health Day. It called for “UHC — for everyone everywhere”. This echoes the target set by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that all countries must achieve UHC by 2030. India, too, accepted that target date while signing up to the SDGs.