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Reiterating the Importance of Publicly Funded and Provided Primary Healthcare for Non-communicable Diseases: The Case of India Comment on "Universal Health Coverage for Non-communicable Diseases and Health Equity: Lessons From Australian Primary Healthcare".
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
|---|---|
| Author | Nandi, Sulakshana |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Abstract | India has established health and wellness centres (HWCs) and appointed mid-level healthcare providers (community health officers, CHOs) to provide free and comprehensive primary healthcare (PHC), through screening, prevention, control, management and treatment for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), in addition to existing services for communicable diseases, and reproductive and child health. The range of services being provided and the number of people accessing ambulatory care in these government centres have increased, leading to more equitable healthcare access and financial protection. In policy debates, contestations exist prioritising between PHC or hospital services, and between publicly-provided healthcare or privatised and "purchased" services. Nationally and globally the influence of industries and corporations in health governance has weakened the response against NCDs. PHC initiatives for NCDs must be publicly funded and provided, located within communities, and necessitate action on the determinants of health. The experiences from Australia (a high-income country) and India (a low-and middle-income country) amply illustrate this. |
| Page Count | 4 |
| Journal | International Journal of Health Policy and Management |
| Volume Number | 11 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC9309909 |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| PubMed reference number | 34814664 |
| e-ISSN | 23225939 |
| DOI | 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.137 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Kerman University of Medical Sciences |
| Publisher Date | 2022-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. © 2022 The Author(s); Published by Kerman University of Medical Sciences |
| Subject Keyword | India Primary Healthcare Non-communicable Disease Health Systems Social Determinants of Health Health Equity |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law Health (social science) Health Policy Health Information Management Leadership and Management |