Recommendations to be presented to the Hon’ble President of India and Minister of Health & Family Welfare, GoI
The much-awaited global Conference, “The Future of Healthcare: A Collective Vision,” was organiased at Maurya Sheraton, Delhi providing a powerful platform to industry stakeholders to brainstorm unique solutions and innovative strategies to help lead humanity towards a healthier future. The first day of the Conference, hosted by The Healthcare Alliance, saw a splendid turnout of thought leaders, policy makers, senior Government officials, and business and health leaders from India and across the globe.
The inaugural session witnessed the presence of personalities like Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission of India; Lov Verma, Health Secretary, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Government of India; Prof K Srinath Reddy, President Public Health Foundation of India; Lord Nigel Crisp, Crossbench member, House of Lords, and; Dr Prathap C Reddy, Chair of The Healthcare Alliance and Chairman of Apollo Hospitals Group, all of whom delivered a special address to the audiences.
With participation from over 15 countries and the presence of more than 500 delegates, the power-packed, morning-to-evening agenda focused on three critical issues facing the healthcare industry worldwide:
-The rising incidence of non-communicable diseases and how to curb it through primary and preventive healthcare;
-Setting up successful Public-Private-People Partnerships;
-Meeting the manpower needs of the future by up-skilling and up-scaling talent.
Delivering his special address at the formal inauguration of the conference, Dr. Prathap C. Reddy, Chair of The Healthcare Alliance and Chairman of Apollo Hospitals Group, said: “Amazing progress has been made in healthcare over the last 30 years, yet barriers of accessibility, quality and cost persist. New challenges have risen, such as the worrying ascent of NCDs, which claim 36 million lives every year in the world, with nearly 80 percent of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries.”
“The need of the hour is four-fold: preventive healthcare, making people partners in PPP, up-scaling and up-skilling the manpower, and accelerating the pace of innovation. This Conference provides a common platform for collective thinking for stakeholders of the nation and global thought leaders to come up with an agenda for the future. We have to work towards the dream of a disease-free world. This is the big challenge for the future of healthcare.”
The Conference began with opening remarks by Sangita Reddy, Executive Director, Apollo Hospitals Group,while delivering opening remarks expressed hope that the deliberations and sessions over two days of the event would result in concrete recommendations to shape the future of healthcare not only in India but also in other countries facing similar demographic and economic challenges.
Three White Papers by global consultancies Bain & Company, PwC, and KPMG were also launched. Each focused on a specific area of the conference highlighted by the sessions. The White Papers are a result of over three months of collaboration between members of The Healthcare Alliance and thought leaders from around the world to arrive at global solutions that are systemic, sustainable and impactful. Each paper looks into a definitive way forward and an action plan to impact the future of healthcare in the 21st century.
