New Delhi, May 4 - There is a pressing need for finding innovative and sustainable health solutions to address concerns of the Òmost vulnerable peopleÓ in the country who survive on less than USD 2 per day, US Agency for International Development (USAID) said here today.
Addressing a conference here, USAID Mission Director Willian Hammink said that a large gap exists in the Indian health sector when it comes to addressing the needs of the people living at the bottom of the society.
ÒThere is a large gap when it comes to improving the health of the country's most vulnerable people, a significant percentage of whom live on less than USD 2 a day with very limited access to health care service and productsÓ, Hammink said.
He was addressing the Health Confluence-2012 conference, organised by the USAID with an aim of providing opportunity to the private sector companies to develop market-based health solutions in the country.
The USAID-Market-based Partnership for Health (MBPH) programme is one such example of our commitment to engage the private sector in finding solutions for health sector, he said.
ÒMBPH has designed and implemented various commercially viable business model through private partnership on a range of public health issues such as family planning, maternal and child health, tuberculosis, hygiene promotion, water and indoor air pollutionÓ, USAID officials said.
Praising the Indian track record of innovation in the health sector, Hammink said, ÒOver the last six decades, India has made substantial gains in health... nowhere is the potential for such solutions stronger than in India with its vibrant private sector and spirit of entrepreneurshipÓ.
He added that the programme has successfully achieved all its goals with some Ògame-changing innovations from the private sector in health systems and service deliveryÓ.
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