{"id":987571928,"date":"2023-05-08T07:13:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T06:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/?page_id=987571928"},"modified":"2024-05-31T15:14:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T14:14:46","slug":"indias-policy-against-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/resources-tools\/timelines\/indias-policy-against-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s Policy Against Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Entretoise&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; display_conditions=&#8221;W10=&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|29px|0px|false|false&#8221; global_module=&#8221;987504603&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Timeline Shortcode&#8221; module_class=&#8221;p4h-default-timeline&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<div class=\"pt-cv-wrapper et_smooth_scroll_disabled\"><div class=\"pt-cv-view pt-cv-timeline pt-cv-lmode pt-cv-pgloadmore\" id=\"pt-cv-view-b3ebd1bjkm\"><div class=\"tl-spine\"><a href=\"#\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-items\">\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-left\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987769413\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">NEWS <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 27 Apr 2025<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">How India's tobacco taxes fund addiction and ignore prevention<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/India_tobacco-taxes-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"How India's tobacco taxes fund addiction and ignore prevention\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\"><p>India's tobacco governance reveals a stark contradiction, as the government collects over Rs 75,000 crore in tobacco taxes yet allocates less than Rs 50 crore annually to tobacco control programs, resulting in a chronic underfunding of health initiatives. This economic entrenchment of the tobacco industry perpetuates exploitation of workers and prioritizes revenue generation over public...<\/p>\n<\/p><a class=\"timeline-know-button\" href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/how-indias-tobacco-taxes-fund-addiction-and-ignore-prevention\/\">Know More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-right\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987667852\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">DOCUMENT <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 20 Nov 2023<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">Health financing policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for universal health care<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\"><p>A research paper published in the December 2023 Issue of the Lancet Global Health on how 15 countries responded to the COVID-19 pandemic through their health financing policies. The paper has been co-authored by Aungsumalee Pholpark, Community Facilitator for the Asia Region at the P4H Coordination Desk from Bangkok, Thailand.The COVID-19 pandemic was a health...<\/p>\n<\/p><a class=\"timeline-know-button\" href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/documents\/health-financing-policies-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-and-implications-for-universal-health-care-a-case-study-of-15-countries\/\">Know More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-left\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987523836\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">NEWS <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 05 Apr 2022<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">Health budget in light of pandemic<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/swarnavo-chakrabarti-z_iapgfyzqq-unsplash-1.jpg\" alt=\"Health budget in light of pandemic\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\">This paper is an attempt to demonstrate the planned reforms in the health budget, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is to be seen how the financial allocation for the health sector impacts the health of the Indian people. Access this paper here<\/p><a class=\"timeline-know-button\" href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/health-budget-in-light-of-pandemic\/\">Know More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-right\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987521042\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">NEWS <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 23 Dec 2021<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">Now available: Executive summary of the second of the four-part webinar series on Health Financing in India in the time of pandemic<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/webinar_2_poster-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Now available: Executive summary of the second of the four-part webinar series on Health Financing in India in the time of pandemic\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\">The second India-specific webinar was held on 19 October 2021 as part of the P4H\u00a0Network\u2019s\u00a0webinar series. It brought together national and international experts to discuss health financing and social health protection issues and potential ways forward. The webinar focused on health financing in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. Attendees numbered 105 national and international health...<\/p><a class=\"timeline-know-button\" href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/now-available-executive-summary-of-the-second-of-the-four-part-webinar-series-on-health-financing-in-india-in-the-time-of-pandemic\/\">Know More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-left\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987536049\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">NEWS <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 14 Oct 2021<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">Webinar 2: Health financing in India in time of Pandemic<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Webinar20220Poster20Image-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Webinar 2: Health financing in India in time of Pandemic\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\">Please&nbsp;click&nbsp;here&nbsp;to Register and join us on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 | 2.30 PM &#8211; 04.00 PM (IST) This webinar is the second of the four webinar series, organised by P4H and WHO India, in a collaborative knot with Access Health International (AHI) and India Health Systems Collaborative (IHSC) with an aim to bring together premier...<\/p><a class=\"timeline-know-button\" href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/webinar-2-health-financing-in-india-in-time-of-pandemic\/\">Know More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-right\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987523902\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">NEWS <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 14 Sep 2021<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">Lessons &amp; Way Forward from the First Webinar on Health Financing in India<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\">The Webinar Series on health financing in India kicked off on 18 August 2021 to discuss the burning health financing and social health protection issues in the country and debate potential ways forward. The four-webinar series is organised by P4H in collaboration with ACCESS Health International (AHI) and the India Health Systems Collaborative (IHSC). The...<\/p><a class=\"timeline-know-button\" href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/lessons-way-forward-from-the-first-webinar-on-health-financing-in-india\/\">Know More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-left\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987523903\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">NEWS <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 29 Jul 2021<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">Revisiting Ayushman Bharat Scheme: Win-win or win-lose?<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/picture1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Revisiting Ayushman Bharat Scheme: Win-win or win-lose?\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\">Disha Bhanot, Assistant Professor at SP Jain Institute of Management &amp; Research, Mumbai writes about how COVID-19 has exposed the dark underbelly of our healthcare system and health insurance schemes may have little chance of achieving sustained benefits. With an objective to decrease the out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure on health and prevent impoverishment thereof, the Ayushman...<\/p><a class=\"timeline-know-button\" href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/revisiting-ayushman-bharat-scheme-win-win-or-win-lose\/\">Know More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-right\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987523943\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">NEWS <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 03 Jun 2021<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">Strengthening health financing response in COVID-19<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/viktor-forgacs-fcdqdjum6b4-unsplash_1-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Strengthening health financing response in COVID-19\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\">The COVID-19 war and commitment towards UHC hinge on the criticality of designing strategic health financing policies in India. The pandemic provides the window of opportunity to reflect on our health financing objectives to strengthen the health system resilience and health security to insulate ourselves from a health emergency. Currently, the health system response to...<\/p><a class=\"timeline-know-button\" href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/strengthening-health-financing-response-in-covid-19\/\">Know More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-left\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987523973\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">NEWS <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 28 Apr 2021<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">COVID-19 in India: Who are we leaving behind?<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ashutosh-singh-rana-kmahywrn4aq-unsplash-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"COVID-19 in India: Who are we leaving behind?\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\">The world&#8217;s COVID-19 response has been unsettling especially regarding people living in informal settlements, migrants, refugees, and other ultra-vulnerable populations. It reiterates serious concerns about health inequality, as well as people lacking human rights and dignity including access to basic services and infrastructures to survive the pandemic. India witnessed a massive explosion of COVID-19 infections...<\/p><a class=\"timeline-know-button\" href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/covid-19-in-india-who-are-we-leaving-behind\/\">Know More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-right\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987523968\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">NEWS <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 28 Apr 2021<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">Economics of COVID\u201119: Challenges and Way Forward for Health Policy in India<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/martin-sanchez-tzoe6vcvqyg-unsplash-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Economics of COVID\u201119: Challenges and Way Forward for Health Policy in India\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\">The emergence of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID\u201119) pandemic provides unique challenges for the health system. In this paper, the authors used economic underpinnings to explain several of these challenges and suggest a way forward for health policy, during, and after the COVID\u201119 pandemic in India. Historically, health systems in India are wrought with low...<\/p><a class=\"timeline-know-button\" href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/economics-of-covid%e2%80%9119-challenges-and-way-forward-for-health-policy-in-india\/\">Know More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-center pt-cv-pagination-wrapper\"><a href='https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/987571928\/?_page=2' onclick='event.preventDefault()' class=\"pt-cv-more btn btn-primary btn-sm\" data-totalpages=\"2\" data-nextpages=\"2\" data-sid=\"b3ebd1bjkm\" data-unid=\"\">Load More <span class=\"caret\"><\/span><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" class=\"pt-cv-spinner\" alt=\"Loading...\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,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\" \/><div class=\"clear pt-cv-clear-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"pt-cv-inline-style-35fcfadlef\">#pt-cv-view-b3ebd1bjkm .pt-cv-carousel-caption  { background-color: rgba(51,51,51,.6) !important; 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background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;]<div class=\"pt-cv-wrapper et_smooth_scroll_disabled\"><div class=\"pt-cv-view pt-cv-timeline pt-cv-lmode pt-cv-pgloadmore\" id=\"pt-cv-view-b3ebd1bjkm\"><div class=\"tl-spine\"><a href=\"#\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-items\">\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-left\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987769413\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">NEWS <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 27 Apr 2025<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">How India's tobacco taxes fund addiction and ignore prevention<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><img class=\"w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/India_tobacco-taxes-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"How India's tobacco taxes fund addiction and ignore prevention\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\"><p>India's tobacco governance reveals a stark contradiction, as the government collects over Rs 75,000 crore in tobacco taxes yet allocates less than Rs 50 crore annually to tobacco control programs, resulting in a chronic underfunding of health initiatives. This economic entrenchment of the tobacco industry perpetuates exploitation of workers and prioritizes revenue generation over public...<\/p>\n<\/p><a class=\"timeline-know-button\" href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/how-indias-tobacco-taxes-fund-addiction-and-ignore-prevention\/\">Know More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-right\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987667852\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">DOCUMENT <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 20 Nov 2023<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">Health financing policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for universal health care<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\"><p>A research paper published in the December 2023 Issue of the Lancet Global Health on how 15 countries responded to the COVID-19 pandemic through their health financing policies. The paper has been co-authored by Aungsumalee Pholpark, Community Facilitator for the Asia Region at the P4H Coordination Desk from Bangkok, Thailand.The COVID-19 pandemic was a health...<\/p>\n<\/p><a class=\"timeline-know-button\" href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/documents\/health-financing-policies-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-and-implications-for-universal-health-care-a-case-study-of-15-countries\/\">Know More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-left\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987523836\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">NEWS <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 05 Apr 2022<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">Health budget in light of pandemic<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><img class=\"w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/swarnavo-chakrabarti-z_iapgfyzqq-unsplash-1.jpg\" alt=\"Health budget in light of pandemic\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\">This paper is an attempt to demonstrate the planned reforms in the health budget, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is to be seen how the financial allocation for the health sector impacts the health of the Indian people. Access this paper here<\/p><a class=\"timeline-know-button\" href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/health-budget-in-light-of-pandemic\/\">Know More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-right\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987521042\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">NEWS <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 23 Dec 2021<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">Now available: Executive summary of the second of the four-part webinar series on Health Financing in India in the time of pandemic<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><img class=\"w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/webinar_2_poster-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Now available: Executive summary of the second of the four-part webinar series on Health Financing in India in the time of pandemic\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\">The second India-specific webinar was held on 19 October 2021 as part of the P4H\u00a0Network\u2019s\u00a0webinar series. It brought together national and international experts to discuss health financing and social health protection issues and potential ways forward. The webinar focused on health financing in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. Attendees numbered 105 national and international health...<\/p><a class=\"timeline-know-button\" href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/now-available-executive-summary-of-the-second-of-the-four-part-webinar-series-on-health-financing-in-india-in-the-time-of-pandemic\/\">Know More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-left\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987536049\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">NEWS <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 14 Oct 2021<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">Webinar 2: Health financing in India in time of Pandemic<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><img class=\"w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Webinar20220Poster20Image-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Webinar 2: Health financing in India in time of Pandemic\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\">Please&nbsp;click&nbsp;here&nbsp;to Register and join us on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 | 2.30 PM &#8211; 04.00 PM (IST) This webinar is the second of the four webinar series, organised by P4H and WHO India, in a collaborative knot with Access Health International (AHI) and India Health Systems Collaborative (IHSC) with an aim to bring together premier...<\/p><a class=\"timeline-know-button\" href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/webinar-2-health-financing-in-india-in-time-of-pandemic\/\">Know More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-right\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987523902\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">NEWS <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 14 Sep 2021<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">Lessons &amp; Way Forward from the First Webinar on Health Financing in India<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\">The Webinar Series on health financing in India kicked off on 18 August 2021 to discuss the burning health financing and social health protection issues in the country and debate potential ways forward. The four-webinar series is organised by P4H in collaboration with ACCESS Health International (AHI) and the India Health Systems Collaborative (IHSC). The...<\/p><a class=\"timeline-know-button\" href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/lessons-way-forward-from-the-first-webinar-on-health-financing-in-india\/\">Know More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-left\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987523903\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">NEWS <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 29 Jul 2021<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">Revisiting Ayushman Bharat Scheme: Win-win or win-lose?<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><img class=\"w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/picture1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Revisiting Ayushman Bharat Scheme: Win-win or win-lose?\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\">Disha Bhanot, Assistant Professor at SP Jain Institute of Management &amp; Research, Mumbai writes about how COVID-19 has exposed the dark underbelly of our healthcare system and health insurance schemes may have little chance of achieving sustained benefits. With an objective to decrease the out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure on health and prevent impoverishment thereof, the Ayushman...<\/p><a class=\"timeline-know-button\" href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/revisiting-ayushman-bharat-scheme-win-win-or-win-lose\/\">Know More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-right\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987523943\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">NEWS <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 03 Jun 2021<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">Strengthening health financing response in COVID-19<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><img class=\"w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/viktor-forgacs-fcdqdjum6b4-unsplash_1-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Strengthening health financing response in COVID-19\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\">The COVID-19 war and commitment towards UHC hinge on the criticality of designing strategic health financing policies in India. The pandemic provides the window of opportunity to reflect on our health financing objectives to strengthen the health system resilience and health security to insulate ourselves from a health emergency. Currently, the health system response to...<\/p><a class=\"timeline-know-button\" href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/strengthening-health-financing-response-in-covid-19\/\">Know More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-left\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987523973\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">NEWS <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 28 Apr 2021<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">COVID-19 in India: Who are we leaving behind?<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><img class=\"w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ashutosh-singh-rana-kmahywrn4aq-unsplash-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"COVID-19 in India: Who are we leaving behind?\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\">The world&#8217;s COVID-19 response has been unsettling especially regarding people living in informal settlements, migrants, refugees, and other ultra-vulnerable populations. It reiterates serious concerns about health inequality, as well as people lacking human rights and dignity including access to basic services and infrastructures to survive the pandemic. India witnessed a massive explosion of COVID-19 infections...<\/p><a class=\"timeline-know-button\" href=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/covid-19-in-india-who-are-we-leaving-behind\/\">Know More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item pt-right\"><div class=\"tl-item-content\"><i class=\"tl-pointer\"><\/i><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\"  data-pid=\"987523968\"><div class=\"date\">2023<\/div><div class=\"content\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-row-title\"><p class=\"timeline-inner-case-date\">NEWS <span class=\"p4h-fc-dark\">|<\/span> 28 Apr 2021<\/p><h4 class=\"timeline-inner-header-title\">Economics of COVID\u201119: Challenges and Way Forward for Health Policy in India<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-row align-items-center\"><div class=\"timeline-inner-col-auto timeline-inner-text-end\"><img class=\"w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/p4h.world\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/martin-sanchez-tzoe6vcvqyg-unsplash-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Economics of COVID\u201119: Challenges and Way Forward for Health Policy in India\"><\/div><div class=\"timeline-inner-col timeline-inner-text-end\"><p class=\"p4h-fs-15 p4h-fc-dark\">The emergence of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID\u201119) pandemic provides unique challenges for the health system. 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