In India, there are various challenges in terms of universal health coverage (UHC) where all people have access to health care services, mainly due to inadequate health infrastructure, medical personnel, and management capacity for health care services, as well as weak finances in the health sector.
In Assam, the largest state in northeastern India, only two of the state’s eight tertiary care facilities (medical college hospitals) are advanced specialty hospitals that provide highly specialized medical care and train medical specialists, and due to a lack of medical equipment and aging, they are unable to handle the increase in patients. In addition, there are significant challenges in training and assigning physicians. In addition, management systems to effectively utilize medical infrastructure and human resources are not sufficiently in place.
This cooperation will improve the quality of medical services for residents in the target areas and contribute to the realization of UHC in the state of Assam by comprehensively promoting the development of public medical institutions, centering on secondary and tertiary medical facilities that will serve as core medical centers, strengthening the capacity of medical personnel, and improving the management of medical services in the state. This will contribute to the realization of UHC in the state.
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