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The public launch of the report of the Lancet Commission on a Citizen-Centred Health System for India on January 21, 2026 in New Delhi marks the culmination of a multi-year effort to synthesise evidence and outline reform pathways for a health system that is equitable, forward-looking, and accountable to India’s citizens. The event will be in hybrid format.
About the Commission
The Lancet Commission on a Citizen-Centred Health System for India is a cross-sector initiative to develop a citizens’ roadmap to achieving universal health coverage in India in a period of ten years. Read more…
Workstreams
Citizens’ Engagement
The foundation of the Commission relies on gathering insights into the expectations and experiences of healthcare from healthcare providers, including frontline workers and citizens of diverse social groups in our country across gender and age.
Financing
Address challenges related to the sources and utilization of health expenditures, in order to maximise financial risk protection and to ensure an effective, equitable, reliable, and responsive health system for all.
Governance
Propose a governance framework characterised by a robust regulation architecture, coordination across levels of government, and increased accountability with the goal of high quality healthcare for all citizens.
Human Resources
Enable effective human resources planning and policy to address shortages and inequitable distribution, enhance skill development, improve motivation and working conditions, and expand access to a plurality of health care services.
Technology
Harness a variety of technologies to improve health outcomes, expand access to healthcare, empower patients and usher patient-focused regulation.
Hear from the Co-chairs
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India's Progression towards greater economic prowess have to be powered by healthy citizenry.
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Tarun Khanna
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We have an opportunity to chart socio-economic parity through universal health equity.
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Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
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The pandemic offers a historic opportunity to realise the country's aspirations to achieve universal health coverage.
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Vikram Patel
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We can and must work together to build health coverage that is universal in every sense from what it provides to whom it reaches.
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Gagandeep Kang
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Patient and caregiver perspectives of select non-communicable diseases in India: A scoping review
Author: Sindhu Nila,Eliza Dutta,S. S. Prakash,Sophy Korula,Anu Mary Oommen
Use of modern technologies for promoting health at the population level in India
Author: Rukman Manapurath,Deepthi Raran Veetil,Mohan S. Kamath
Technologies for strengthening immunization coverage in India: a systematic review
Author: Nonita Dudeja,Tila Khan,Deepak Thomas Varughese,Sebin George Abraham,Marilyn Mary Ninan,Christie Leya Prasad,Rajiv Sarkar,Gagandeep Kang
Facilitators, Barriers, and Potential Impacts of Implementation of e-Pharmacy in India and its Potential Impact on Cost, Quality, and Access to Medicines: Scoping Review
Author: Aditi Apte, Heber Rew Bright,Sandeep Kadam, Thambu David Sundarsanam,Sujith J Chandy
Barriers and facilitators for the use of telehealth by healthcare providers in India-A systematic review
Author: Parth Sharma, Shirish Rao, Padmavathy Krishna Kumar, Aiswarya R Nair,Disha Agrawal, Siddhesh Zadey , Gayathri Surendran, Rachna George Joseph,Girish Dayma,Liya Rafeekh , Shubhashis Saha ,Sitanshi Sharma, S S Prakash,Venkatesan Sankarapandian, Preethi John, Vikram Patel
District-level monitoring of universal health coverage, India
Author: Arnab Mukherji,Megha Rao, Sapna Desai, S V Subramanian, Gagandeep Kange & Vikram Patel
The Barriers to Universal Health Coverage in India and the Strategies to Address Them: A Key Informant Study
Author: Anuska Kalita, Noah Carton-Rossen, Linju Joseph, Deepshikha Chhetri, Vikram Patel
Evolution of community health workers: the fourth stage
Author: Nachiket Mor, Bindu Ananth, Viraj Ambalam, Aquinas Edassery, Ajay Meher, Pearl Tiwari, Vinayak Sonawane, Anagha Mahajani, Krisha Mathur, Amishi Parekh and Raghu Dharmaraju
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