A glance on public private partnership: an opportunity for developing nations to achieve universal health coverage

Authors

  • Reena Titoria MAMTA-Health Institute for Mother and Child, Greater Kailash-II, Delhi
  • Anu Mohandas Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20190640

Keywords:

Universal health coverage, Public sector, Private sector, Public private partnership, Health infrastructure

Abstract

The government of India has joined hands with the rest of the world aiming at universal health coverage (UHC) and has set the target for 2022. The huge population, the difficult land terrain, unequal distribution of health care system, socio-economic and cultural factors are posing serious challenges. Public private partnership (PPP) even though not exactly a novel concept, some innovations can tackle these challenges to an extent and give us a smooth track towards UHC. In the past, PPP models were utilized to some extent for development and refurbishment of health infrastructure. But expanding the partnership between the two sectors to human resource, service delivery and financial management with supervision and monitoring by the government may bring out the needed significant difference.

Author Biographies

Reena Titoria, MAMTA-Health Institute for Mother and Child, Greater Kailash-II, Delhi

MD Community Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi

MBBS, Lady HArdinge Medical College, University of Delhi 

 

Anu Mohandas, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala

Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India

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Published

2019-02-22

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Titoria, R., & Mohandas, A. (2019). A glance on public private partnership: an opportunity for developing nations to achieve universal health coverage. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 6(3), 1353–1357. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20190640

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