Resources

Considering Universal Health Coverage Day 2022 and its overarching importance in the health sector, we are sharing with you a few learning and knowledge resources for UHC Day 2022 that can be useful in planning your own activities around the UHC Day campaign.  

1. World Bank’s article on - Schemes To Systems | Insuring India: Towards Financial Protection Against Health Shocks

World bank has published a detailed article focusing on how the expansion of insurance coverage through the Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) has the potential to be a major milestone on the road to achieving universal health coverage and a minimum social protection floor in India. The link of the article is as follows -

Schemes To Systems | Insuring India: Towards Financial Protection Against Health Shocks (worldbank.org)

2. UHC service coverage index, World Bank

World Bank portal provides Country-wise “UHC service coverage index”. The data may be referred at –

UHC service coverage index | Data (worldbank.org)

3. Universal health coverage (UHC) - WHO

WHO has shared detailed information on UHC on its website to make people aware of - What is UHC?, How can countries make progress towards UHC?, Can UHC be measured? and WHO role etc.

Universal health coverage (UHC) (who.int)

4. Universal health coverage (UHC) - WHO

Youtube Video on Universal Health Coverage - What does it mean? Provides a brief introduction of UHC and the same may be accessed by clicking below link -

https://youtu.be/pZHiIGFLN8Y

5. Reforming Central Government Health Scheme into a ‘Universal Health Coverage’ model - NITI Aayog

The paper is authored by Advisor Health, NITI Aayog and, focusing on “How does the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) stand up to the goals and global experience of UHC, and what can be done to make it a model?” The paper may be referred using link -  

https://niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2019-01/07-28-1-MS-FINAL.pdf

6. AB PM-JAY, NHA background and eligibility criteria - NHA

National Health Authority is the nodal organization of the Government of India for implementation of India’s UHC scheme -  AB PM-JAY.  The NHA website provides detailed information on Ayushman Bharat scheme including eligibility criteria, financing, packages & rates, IT systems, hospital empanelment and many more etc.

Home | National Health Authority (nha.gov.in)

7. Convergence between Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) and National Health Authority (NHA)

The website highlights about the Convergence between Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) and Employees’ State Insurance Scheme (ESIS) and how it will create an ecosystem wherein ESI beneficiaries will be able to access services at ABPM-JAY empanelled Hospitals and vice versa. It is an initiative to expand the healthcare providers across all health insurance schemes for ensuring accessibility. The website may be referred using link

AB PM-JAY (esic.gov.in)

8. Focus is on increasing scale, scope of Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY, says NHA CEO

An interview piece of The Hindu with CEO NHA may be referred to learn about new initiatives under AB PM-JAY & major challenges, how does the PMJAY plan to bridge this gap in term of urban centric healthcare system, and how AB PMJAY is looking to work on preventive healthcare in alignment with the Prime Minister’s recent call for vocal for local and local for global etc. Link for the same is as follows:

Focus is on increasing scale, scope of Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY, says NHA CEO - The Hindu

9. States/UTs wise status of AB PM-JAY implementation

NHA shares the status of AB PM-JAY in States/UTs. The information available are – state/UT wise mode of implementation of the scheme, ISA/TPA involved, no. of households and type/version of Health Benefit Packages etc.

States/UTs at a Glance | Official Website Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana | National Health Authority (pmjay.gov.in)

10. Coffee Table Book, AB PM-JAY

Coffee table book of NHA provides information of the scheme as well as learning bites, patient’s experiences, opinion pieces from the field.

https://nha.gov.in/img/resources/1794-Coffee-Table-Book.pdf