World Health Organization Country Office for India in collaboration with the Government of Rajasthan is organizing a conference on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) on 20 February 2015 in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Sharing experiences and best practices, both national and international, the conference will focus on health insurance in the broader context of UHC.
The Government of Rajasthan is committed to scaling up the UHC agenda in the state. It continues making strong efforts by formulating and implementing various reforms in the health sector. However, the current health status of the population in Rajasthan demonstrates that there still are many health system related challenges, such as equity in financial protection, quality, access to and utilization of health services, their effectiveness and responsiveness, etc.
Several important issues such as concepts, dimensions and essentials of UHC, health financing for UHC, health insurance models, role of public-private partnerships in UHC agenda etc. will be presented at this forum. State specific health and health system related challenges will also be discussed, alongside relevant experiences, lessons learned and best practices from implementation of different health financing reforms in selected states of India.
The conference will provide a good platform to facilitate policy dialogue between different stakeholders. That in turn will support identification of appropriate policy options for wider system reforms within the UHC framework. Several national and international experts of repute are expected to participate at the conference and share best practices, experiences and perspectives from across the globe.