As India inches towards Universal health coverage (UHC), a new study in the reputed medical journal the Lancet has revealed that countries moving towards Universal health coverage, including India, has not chosen a model of healthcare based on existing systems developed in higher income countries and do not conform to existing archetypes.
In their special series in UHC, though experts suggest that progress towards UHC results in substantial improvements to the health of the population, authors have also warned that progress towards UHC may be at risk in the current financial climate.
The experts analysed nine countries in Asia and Africa, including India, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Ghana, Indonesia, Phillippines, Rwada and Vietnam that are currently moving towards Universal health coverage. “Strikingly, the authors find that none of these countries have chosen a model of health care based on existing systems developed in higher-income countries, instead developing their own solutions to the challenges of establishing universal health coverage,” said the Lancet in their special online collection of papers surrounding Universal health coverage.
The experts studied the health reforms and patters in all the nine countries.
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12 arrested for blaze at fireworks unit
S. Thirunavukarasu
Virudhunagar, Sept. 6
Police took into custody 12 persons in connection with the Wednesday blaze in the Mudalipatti fireworks factory that killed 38 workers, but proprietor P. Murugesan continues to evade arrest. The arrested persons are all employees of Om Sakthi Fireworks, which had gone up in flames in the explosion caused by friction during the mixing of Ammonium Nitrate and Sulphur. Despite having its licence cancelled, the factory was running full steam with extra hands and excessive stock of chemicals for executing Diwali orders.
“We are still searching for the factory owner Murugesan. We will get him soon,” district superintendent of police Najmul Hoda told DC.
Chief minister J Jayalalithaa held discussions on Thursday with top officials regarding relief arrangements for the blaze victims and more importantly, steps to ensure such mishaps do not recur.
Union minister of commerce, industry and textiles Anand Sharma on Thursday ordered an inquiry into the Sivakasi fire accident. The inquiry has been ordered inquiry under section 9 (a) of the explosives act 1884. The ministry said that the inquiry has been ordered considering the seriousness of the incident.