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First steps in the journey to universal health care
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February 08, 2021 23:06 IST
The lesson of COVID-19 is to go on a steady, incremental path given the weak fund capacities in the backward States
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The lesson of COVID-19 is to go on a steady, incremental path given the weak fund capacities in the backward States
About 20 years ago, Thailand rolled out universal health coverage for its population at a per capita GDP similar to today’s India. What made this possible was a three decade-long tradition of investing gradually but steadily in public health infrastructure and manpower. This meant that alongside the availability of funds, there also existed robust institutional capacity to assimilate those funds. For India, the lesson of COVID-19 entails setting forth on a steady and incremental path to universal health coverage; not attempting a sudden and giant leap. This is important because enough evidence exists on weak fund-absorbing capaci