The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana and the path to universal health coverage in India: Overcoming the challenges of stewardship and governance

Blake J Angell¹, Shankar Prinja², Anadi Gupt³, Vivekanand Jha^{4

5}, Stephen Jan¹

Affiliations

¹ The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
² School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
³ National Health Mission, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.
⁴ The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, New Delhi, India.
⁵ University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Review

Blake J Angell et al. PLoS Med. 2019.

. 2019 Mar 7;16(3):e1002759.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002759. eCollection 2019 Mar.

Blake J Angell¹, Shankar Prinja², Anadi Gupt³, Vivekanand Jha^{4

5}, Stephen Jan¹

¹ The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
² School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
³ National Health Mission, Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.
⁴ The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, New Delhi, India.
⁵ University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Abstract

In an Essay, Blake Angell and colleagues discuss ambitious reforms planned to expand coverage of the health system in India.

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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