iDSI co-hosts major event, bringing together policy-makers from six North Eastern Indian States As India moves towards the achievement of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), finding robust and evidence-based answers to the challenges of defining which services should be publicly funded, for whom and how, becomes increasingly important. The introduction of ‘Modicare’, the nascent health insurance scheme announced out by the Indian …
UHC Day 2017: The need for a sensible, fair and evidence based Health Benefits Package
The push for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) must focus on designing a Health Benefits Package that is sensible, fair and evidence based – this was the take-home message from IDSI’s visit to Washington DC this week. The US capital was the setting for three days of meetings and events to mark UHC Day and the release of ‘What’s In, What’s …
CGD blog highlights take home messages from the HBP workshop, March 2017
Following the recent iDSI International Seminar on Using Evidence for Decision-Making and Health Benefits Package Design (6-8 March 2017), Amanda Glassman offers key take home messages for defining and updating health benefits packages for UHC in her recent CGD blog. Read the blog here. Seminar resources can be found here. The book What’s In, What’s Out: Designing Benefits for Universal Health …