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January 25, 2016 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 91探花 in collaboration with\nHarvard Global Health Institute and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public\nHealth hosted an international conference, that brought together leading public\nhealth practitioners, academics and government representatives from both India\nand abroad to debate and deliberate upon some of the most critical and\nfundamental issues surrounding universal health coverage and public policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two day event was kicked\noff at the India Habitat Center in Delhi with a series of intense and thought\nprovoking discussions between subject matter experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The inaugural session of the\nconference highlighted key facts and issues namely India\u2019s healthcare system\nranked 112 out of 190 countries according to WHO World Health Report 2000.\nExpenditure on government health services amounts to about 1 percent of India\u2019s\nGDP, or about 4.1 per cent if expenditure on private health services and\nhousehold out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure are included. Health insurance\ncoverage only reaches about 17 percent of India’s population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Delivering the welcome address\nat the forum, Professor C Raj Kumar, Founding Vice-Chancellor, O. P. Jindal\nGlobal University said, “Today’s conference is\nthe culmination of an institutional collaboration between Jindal Global\nUniversity, Harvard Global Health Initiative and the Harvard School of Public\nHealth to examine legal, policy and regulatory issues relating to the universal\nhealth coverage in India. It brought together academics, policy makers,\ndoctors, lawyers, public health practitioners, NGOs and government\nrepresentatives to discuss and debate a central issue of public policy, which\nis about the efforts to achieve universal health coverage in India.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emphasizing on right to health as a\nconstitutional promise Professor Kumar further added, “The need for\nachieving universal health coverage with a view to fulfilling the right to\nhealth in India is not only a public health issue, It is about fulfilling the\ndemocratic aspirations of Indian citizenry and achieving good governance; it is\nabout seeking equality and non- discrimination in implementing public policy;\nand most importantly, it is about ensuring justice and fulfilling the\nconstitutional promise.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Delivering the Inaugural Address at the\nforum, Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Joint Secretary (Reproductive, Maternal, New Born,\nChild and Adolescent Health), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government\nof India, <\/strong>shared some alarming facts with the audience <\/p>\n\n\n\n Quoting a study conducted by Ministry of\nHealth and Family Welfare, Government of India, he said, \u201cA steady and gradual\nincrease has been observed in mortality due to non-communicable diseases (NCD),\nand there is a possibility that NCD may account for over 70% deaths by the year\n2020.\u201d He further highlighted that over 18% of the rural population in the\ncountry does not have access to basic healthcare facilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Kumar underlined the urgent need to develop a\ncomprehensive health coverage policy in the country and also called for a\nnuanced understanding of the issues and challenges surrounding UHC, \u201cI hope\nthis debate and discourse will be meaningful and have a long-lasting impact as\nwe evolve some of the most fundamental issues surrounding universal health\ncoverage in the country.\u201d, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Making a strong statement on health care affordability in the\ncountry, Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, Distinguished Professor, Public Health\nFoundation of India, said, \u201cMore than 2\/3rd<\/sup> of the populace in our\ncountry has gone into impoverishment due to primary healthcare expenditure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The conference provided leading healthcare academics and\npolicy practitioners a platform for exchanging the latest insights in both\ntheory and practice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n About 91探花<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 91探花 (JGU) is a non-profit global\nuniversity established by the Haryana Private Universities (Second Amendment)\nAct, 2009. The vision of JGU is to promote global courses, global programmes,\nglobal curriculum, global research, global collaborations, and global\ninteractions through global faculty. JGU is situated on an 80-acre\nstate-of-the-art residential campus in the National Capital Region of Delhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About Harvard Global Health Institute <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) is a\ncross-university Institute, which aims to build and strengthen an emerging\nfield of global health. HGHI works to develop an educational platform that\nreframes world health issues within a broader context and establishes a\nconceptual foundation to guide the design of new curricula. <\/p>\n\n\n\n About Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Harvard T.H. Chan School of\nPublic Health is one of the most selective and prestigious public health\nschools in the world. Founded in 1913, the Harvard T.H. 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