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>________________________________ > From: Bukan Pedanda <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Saturday, July 7, 2012 3:29 AM >Subject: [proletar] Aljazeera: India to roll out 'drugs for all' plan > > > > >Ogah belajar dari Belanda? > >Coba layangkan pandangan ke India misalnya. > >-- > >India to roll out 'drugs for all' plan >Scheme to supply five billion dollars worth of free medicine will bring nation >closer to universal health coverage. > >Some 78% of spending on health comes from Indians' own pockets -- one of the >highest rates globally [Reuters] > >India is moving ahead with plans to spend nearly five billion dollars to >supply free drugs to patients -- bringing the nation closer to universal >health coverage. > >The "game-changing" scheme, in the words of one top Indian health ministry >official, is part of the government's latest five-year spending programme, and >is expected to start in October. > >This initiative "would be a giant step in vastly expanding the access to >medicines" in the country of 1.2 billion people, Ministry of Health joint >secretary Arun Panda said. > >The centre-left Congress government will pay 200 billion rupees $3.61bn, >while India's 29 states will be asked to kick in 66bn rupees over the next >five years to the scheme, a government statement said on Friday. > >The plan is set for formal approval next month but the drug scheme has already >received its first chunk of 10bn rupees from India's Planning Commission for >2012-13. > >Universal coverage > >Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a champion of the so-called >"free-medicines-for-all" scheme, has also asked the health ministry to set up >a central procurement agency to obtain the drugs in bulk. > >"This starts us on the road to universal health care," K. Srinath Reddy, head >of the Public Health Foundation of India, told the AFP news agency. > >"It won't happen overnight -- it may be 10 or 15 years but we're on our way," >said Reddy, who chaired a high-level government panel that laid out a roadmap >for universal coverage. > >The drugs plan could give a flip to the embattled Congress government, reeling >from a string of corruption scandals and a sharply slowing economy, ahead of >the general elections set for 2014. > >Gainers will also be India's booming generic drug companies that include >giants Ranbaxy, Dr Reddy's and Cipla. > >The scheme will offer cheaper generic versions of branded drugs -- shutting >out international pharmaceutical giants -- but the firms have normally looked >to the burgeoning class of more affluent Indians to buy their medicines. > >"Globally, governments traditionally get their drugs from generic sources so >it's no surprise India is not turning to branded drugs," said an analyst at an >Indian brokerage who could not be named due to his company's policy. > >The 348 drugs to be provided include anesthetics, anti-AIDS, anti-psychotic, >steroid, anti-ulcer, cholesterol-busting and cancer medicines. Some five >percent of funds are being set aside to buy drugs off the essential list. > >The government is seeking to "provide affordable healthcare to the poor and >vulnerable," additional health secretary L.C. Goyal said, adding India aimed >to launch "the game-changing programme from October." > >Some 78 per cent of spending on health comes from Indians' own pockets -- one >of the highest rates globally. > >Also, 72 per cent of health spending goes to drugs, not treatment, said Public >Health Foundation's Reddy. > >The health ministry hopes by 2017, 52 per cent of Indians or some 600 million >people will have access to the drug scheme. > >"Universal health care is not possible without essential drugs and we thought >this is one of the early and easily implementable steps," said Reddy. > >"It's a very welcome commitment by the government," Leena Menghaney, a lawyer >with humanitarian group Medecins sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) >told AFP. > >"But supply management will be key to ensure the drugs do not end up in the >private market," she said, as is often the case with subsidised goods in India. > >Free medicines cannot alleviate the country's overburdened public health care >system in which many hospitals lack up-to-date equipment and doctors. >Wealthier Indians routinely opt for India's better resourced private hospitals. > >But the government estimates 40 million Indians are forced into poverty >annually because of treatment costs. Others are forced to seek loans or sell >assets. > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
