Abstract

VOLUME 1 ISSUE 1 JANUARY -MARCH 2026

Primary Health Care and Community-Based Approaches as the Foundation for Universal Health Coverage in India
Dr Richa Mahajan

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is best understood not as an insurance entitlement, but as a systemic guarantee that all individuals receive promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative services of adequate quality without financial hardship. In India, where demographic diversity intersects with epidemiological transition and federal governance complexity, the pathway to UHC must be structurally anchored in primary health care (PHC) and community-based delivery models. Hospital expansion and insurance penetration, while necessary, are insufficient substitutes for a resilient primary care architecture.

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