Healthcare for All
Community Action and Public Systems for an Inclusive India
Herausgeber: Reddy, K. Srinath; Sinha, Amarjeet; Vaidyanathan, Girija
Healthcare for All
Community Action and Public Systems for an Inclusive India
Herausgeber: Reddy, K. Srinath; Sinha, Amarjeet; Vaidyanathan, Girija
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This book offers a comprehensive analysis of India's healthcare challenges and the pathways to achieving universal health coverage. It critically examines the current healthcare landscape, highlighting persistent issues such as under-nutrition, demographic transitions, and pandemic vulnerabilities.
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of India's healthcare challenges and the pathways to achieving universal health coverage. It critically examines the current healthcare landscape, highlighting persistent issues such as under-nutrition, demographic transitions, and pandemic vulnerabilities.
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- Verlag: Routledge
- Seitenzahl: 526
- Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2025
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 28mm
- Gewicht: 790g
- ISBN-13: 9781041123514
- ISBN-10: 1041123515
- Artikelnr.: 75688043
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
- Verlag: Routledge
- Seitenzahl: 526
- Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2025
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 28mm
- Gewicht: 790g
- ISBN-13: 9781041123514
- ISBN-10: 1041123515
- Artikelnr.: 75688043
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
K. Srinath Reddy is a renowned cardiologist and epidemiologist and the founder and past president of the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI). Girija Vaidyanathan is a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer (1981 batch) with extensive experience in public health, nutrition, and environmental governance. Amarjeet Sinha is a distinguished IAS officer from the 1983 Bihar Cadre with a profound commitment to transforming lives and livelihoods of marginalised communities.
List of Figures viii List of Tables x List of Contributors xii Preface to
Volume xxiii Preface xxv Acknowledgements xxvii 1 Making Healthcare for All
a Reality: Addressing Key Challenges 1 K. Srinath Reddy, Girija
Vaidyanathan, and Amarjeet Sinha PART I Overview - Perspectives on Public
Health 17 2 Envisioning a Healthy India: Learning from the Past and Looking
to the Future 19 K. Srinath Reddy 3 Key Gaps in Healthcare for All - Why
Public Systems Matter 26 Amarjeet Sinha 4 Global Insights on Comprehensive
Primary Healthcare 52 Sandhya Venkateswaranvi Contents 5 Turning the
Politics of Knowledge Upside Down: Community-Centred Public Policy for
Sustainable Universal Healthcare Systems 86 Ritu Priya 6 Towards Realising
the Goal of Universal Health Coverage 117 A.K. Shiva Kumar PART II Learning
from the States 137 7 Building Ayushman Bharat - Health and Wellness
Centres - Early Lessons with Comprehensive Primary Health Care in Tamil
Nadu - 2015-2022 139 V.R. Muraleedharan, Girija Vaidyanathan, and Rajesh M.
8 Learning from the Past: Kerala's Preparedness for Future Pandemics 160
Rajeev Sadanandan 9 Bringing 'the Public into Public Health': Learnings
from India's Community Action for Health Programme, National Health Mission
173 Poonam Muttreja 10 Making Government-Funded Health Insurance an
Effective Strategy for Universal Health Coverage 200 Sanjay Kaul and Nikita
Pandey 11 Improving Health and Well-Being of Migrants in India 220 Pavitra
Mohan, Ashmita Gulechha, and Divya Varma PART III Human Resources for
Health 245 12 Reflections from Two Decades of ASHA Programme Implementation
247 Garima Gupta 13 Building Capacity in Public Health Systems: Experience
of the National Health Systems Resource Centre and the Mitanin Programme
276 T. Sundararaman 14 Strengthening the Health Workforce in India:
Challenges and Priorities for Achieving Universal Healthcare 295 Sanjay
Zodpey and Anup Karan PART IV Sectoral Policy Challenges in Healthcare for
All 327 15 Healthcare for All: Challenges in Urban Areas 329 Mahaveer
Golechha and Dileep Mavalankar 16 Addressing Commercial Determinants of
Health to Promote Health for All 356 Monika Arora, Shalini Bassi, and Ankur
Sharan 17 Evolving Landscape of India's Pharmaceutical Sector 383 Preeti
Kumar, Aashna Mehta, and Senthil Ganesh 18 Moving beyond Corporatisation:
Advancing Publicness in Healthcare Systems 408 Abhay Shukla 19 Air
Pollution: Public Health Impacts and Policy Measures 430 Bhargav Krishna
and Nazneen 20 The Future of Mental Health Care in India: Policy
Innovations with a Community Focus 449 Satish Suhas and Pratima Murthy
Index 482
Volume xxiii Preface xxv Acknowledgements xxvii 1 Making Healthcare for All
a Reality: Addressing Key Challenges 1 K. Srinath Reddy, Girija
Vaidyanathan, and Amarjeet Sinha PART I Overview - Perspectives on Public
Health 17 2 Envisioning a Healthy India: Learning from the Past and Looking
to the Future 19 K. Srinath Reddy 3 Key Gaps in Healthcare for All - Why
Public Systems Matter 26 Amarjeet Sinha 4 Global Insights on Comprehensive
Primary Healthcare 52 Sandhya Venkateswaranvi Contents 5 Turning the
Politics of Knowledge Upside Down: Community-Centred Public Policy for
Sustainable Universal Healthcare Systems 86 Ritu Priya 6 Towards Realising
the Goal of Universal Health Coverage 117 A.K. Shiva Kumar PART II Learning
from the States 137 7 Building Ayushman Bharat - Health and Wellness
Centres - Early Lessons with Comprehensive Primary Health Care in Tamil
Nadu - 2015-2022 139 V.R. Muraleedharan, Girija Vaidyanathan, and Rajesh M.
8 Learning from the Past: Kerala's Preparedness for Future Pandemics 160
Rajeev Sadanandan 9 Bringing 'the Public into Public Health': Learnings
from India's Community Action for Health Programme, National Health Mission
173 Poonam Muttreja 10 Making Government-Funded Health Insurance an
Effective Strategy for Universal Health Coverage 200 Sanjay Kaul and Nikita
Pandey 11 Improving Health and Well-Being of Migrants in India 220 Pavitra
Mohan, Ashmita Gulechha, and Divya Varma PART III Human Resources for
Health 245 12 Reflections from Two Decades of ASHA Programme Implementation
247 Garima Gupta 13 Building Capacity in Public Health Systems: Experience
of the National Health Systems Resource Centre and the Mitanin Programme
276 T. Sundararaman 14 Strengthening the Health Workforce in India:
Challenges and Priorities for Achieving Universal Healthcare 295 Sanjay
Zodpey and Anup Karan PART IV Sectoral Policy Challenges in Healthcare for
All 327 15 Healthcare for All: Challenges in Urban Areas 329 Mahaveer
Golechha and Dileep Mavalankar 16 Addressing Commercial Determinants of
Health to Promote Health for All 356 Monika Arora, Shalini Bassi, and Ankur
Sharan 17 Evolving Landscape of India's Pharmaceutical Sector 383 Preeti
Kumar, Aashna Mehta, and Senthil Ganesh 18 Moving beyond Corporatisation:
Advancing Publicness in Healthcare Systems 408 Abhay Shukla 19 Air
Pollution: Public Health Impacts and Policy Measures 430 Bhargav Krishna
and Nazneen 20 The Future of Mental Health Care in India: Policy
Innovations with a Community Focus 449 Satish Suhas and Pratima Murthy
Index 482
List of Figures viii List of Tables x List of Contributors xii Preface to
Volume xxiii Preface xxv Acknowledgements xxvii 1 Making Healthcare for All
a Reality: Addressing Key Challenges 1 K. Srinath Reddy, Girija
Vaidyanathan, and Amarjeet Sinha PART I Overview - Perspectives on Public
Health 17 2 Envisioning a Healthy India: Learning from the Past and Looking
to the Future 19 K. Srinath Reddy 3 Key Gaps in Healthcare for All - Why
Public Systems Matter 26 Amarjeet Sinha 4 Global Insights on Comprehensive
Primary Healthcare 52 Sandhya Venkateswaranvi Contents 5 Turning the
Politics of Knowledge Upside Down: Community-Centred Public Policy for
Sustainable Universal Healthcare Systems 86 Ritu Priya 6 Towards Realising
the Goal of Universal Health Coverage 117 A.K. Shiva Kumar PART II Learning
from the States 137 7 Building Ayushman Bharat - Health and Wellness
Centres - Early Lessons with Comprehensive Primary Health Care in Tamil
Nadu - 2015-2022 139 V.R. Muraleedharan, Girija Vaidyanathan, and Rajesh M.
8 Learning from the Past: Kerala's Preparedness for Future Pandemics 160
Rajeev Sadanandan 9 Bringing 'the Public into Public Health': Learnings
from India's Community Action for Health Programme, National Health Mission
173 Poonam Muttreja 10 Making Government-Funded Health Insurance an
Effective Strategy for Universal Health Coverage 200 Sanjay Kaul and Nikita
Pandey 11 Improving Health and Well-Being of Migrants in India 220 Pavitra
Mohan, Ashmita Gulechha, and Divya Varma PART III Human Resources for
Health 245 12 Reflections from Two Decades of ASHA Programme Implementation
247 Garima Gupta 13 Building Capacity in Public Health Systems: Experience
of the National Health Systems Resource Centre and the Mitanin Programme
276 T. Sundararaman 14 Strengthening the Health Workforce in India:
Challenges and Priorities for Achieving Universal Healthcare 295 Sanjay
Zodpey and Anup Karan PART IV Sectoral Policy Challenges in Healthcare for
All 327 15 Healthcare for All: Challenges in Urban Areas 329 Mahaveer
Golechha and Dileep Mavalankar 16 Addressing Commercial Determinants of
Health to Promote Health for All 356 Monika Arora, Shalini Bassi, and Ankur
Sharan 17 Evolving Landscape of India's Pharmaceutical Sector 383 Preeti
Kumar, Aashna Mehta, and Senthil Ganesh 18 Moving beyond Corporatisation:
Advancing Publicness in Healthcare Systems 408 Abhay Shukla 19 Air
Pollution: Public Health Impacts and Policy Measures 430 Bhargav Krishna
and Nazneen 20 The Future of Mental Health Care in India: Policy
Innovations with a Community Focus 449 Satish Suhas and Pratima Murthy
Index 482
Volume xxiii Preface xxv Acknowledgements xxvii 1 Making Healthcare for All
a Reality: Addressing Key Challenges 1 K. Srinath Reddy, Girija
Vaidyanathan, and Amarjeet Sinha PART I Overview - Perspectives on Public
Health 17 2 Envisioning a Healthy India: Learning from the Past and Looking
to the Future 19 K. Srinath Reddy 3 Key Gaps in Healthcare for All - Why
Public Systems Matter 26 Amarjeet Sinha 4 Global Insights on Comprehensive
Primary Healthcare 52 Sandhya Venkateswaranvi Contents 5 Turning the
Politics of Knowledge Upside Down: Community-Centred Public Policy for
Sustainable Universal Healthcare Systems 86 Ritu Priya 6 Towards Realising
the Goal of Universal Health Coverage 117 A.K. Shiva Kumar PART II Learning
from the States 137 7 Building Ayushman Bharat - Health and Wellness
Centres - Early Lessons with Comprehensive Primary Health Care in Tamil
Nadu - 2015-2022 139 V.R. Muraleedharan, Girija Vaidyanathan, and Rajesh M.
8 Learning from the Past: Kerala's Preparedness for Future Pandemics 160
Rajeev Sadanandan 9 Bringing 'the Public into Public Health': Learnings
from India's Community Action for Health Programme, National Health Mission
173 Poonam Muttreja 10 Making Government-Funded Health Insurance an
Effective Strategy for Universal Health Coverage 200 Sanjay Kaul and Nikita
Pandey 11 Improving Health and Well-Being of Migrants in India 220 Pavitra
Mohan, Ashmita Gulechha, and Divya Varma PART III Human Resources for
Health 245 12 Reflections from Two Decades of ASHA Programme Implementation
247 Garima Gupta 13 Building Capacity in Public Health Systems: Experience
of the National Health Systems Resource Centre and the Mitanin Programme
276 T. Sundararaman 14 Strengthening the Health Workforce in India:
Challenges and Priorities for Achieving Universal Healthcare 295 Sanjay
Zodpey and Anup Karan PART IV Sectoral Policy Challenges in Healthcare for
All 327 15 Healthcare for All: Challenges in Urban Areas 329 Mahaveer
Golechha and Dileep Mavalankar 16 Addressing Commercial Determinants of
Health to Promote Health for All 356 Monika Arora, Shalini Bassi, and Ankur
Sharan 17 Evolving Landscape of India's Pharmaceutical Sector 383 Preeti
Kumar, Aashna Mehta, and Senthil Ganesh 18 Moving beyond Corporatisation:
Advancing Publicness in Healthcare Systems 408 Abhay Shukla 19 Air
Pollution: Public Health Impacts and Policy Measures 430 Bhargav Krishna
and Nazneen 20 The Future of Mental Health Care in India: Policy
Innovations with a Community Focus 449 Satish Suhas and Pratima Murthy
Index 482