Universal Health Coverage in India is projected to come up by 2022 after two five-year plans but inadequate human resources willing to serve in rural areas seems to be the hurdle.
“The state has over 2,300 primary health centres (PHCs) which are far more than what the state requires (which is 1,500) but most of these primary health centres are severely understaffed,” said Dr M R Mohanraju, Executive Director of the Karnataka State Health System Resource Centre.
He was speaking at a news conference to announce that the Evidence Into Public Health Policy (EPHP) will be held on October 5 and 6 in the city in which over 300 researchers, practitioners, and policy makers of the public health sector will participate.
He also said that the National Urban Health Mission is likely to be implemented by 2013.
The EPHP is aimed at discussing how to strengthen health systems to achieve universal health coverage.
Experts from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Public Health Foundation of India, World Health Organisation and other institutes will participate in the forum.
Dr N Devadasan, Director, Institute of Public Health, stressed on the need for Urban Health Centres, because the quality of primary health care available to the urban poor is worse than that available to the rural poor.
The Institute of Public Health and the Institute of Tropical Medicine along with the Karnataka State Health System Resource Centre and National Health Systems Resource Centre will organise the conference.
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