Events

Past Event

Universal health coverage by leveraging private sector in India

May 2, 2023
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
America/New_York
Allan Rosenfield Building, 722 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032 Room 440

"Pursuit of universal health coverage by leveraging private sector: The case of India’s tax-financed health insurance schemes" -- a hybrid seminar by Hamied Faculty Fellow Soumitra Ghosh, PhD, Associate Professor and Chair, Centre for Health Policy, Planning and Management, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. This seminar is presented in the Health Policy and Management Department's Seminar Series.

Having initiated tax-financed health insurance programs for the poor 15 years ago, India holds important policy lessons for LMIC countries that want to build insurance-based health systems for achieving UHC. This talk will be an analysis of the issues currently facing the health systems owing to the above reform. 

This is a hybrid seminar. For online attendance, registration is required at this link: tinyurl.com/HPMGhosh.

Contact Information

Caitlin Hawke