Background:
The current Indian spending at 4.6% of GDP on health, with public spending at just 0.9% ranks India poorly on a global scale. Skewed doctor nurse ratios, along with 75% of medical doctors operating from urban locations, questions the availability of competent resources for the Indian rural population, which constitutes a massive 72% of the total. The presence of a multi-tier public health infrastructure rooted at the village level, with established referral links up to tertiary care hospitals, has not successfully managed to address the needs of rural markets. 80% of primary health-care needs and 50% of secondary and tertiary requirements are met by the private sector. The private sector at the primary-care provider level is completely unorganized with providers ranging from nurses, alternate medicine practitioners, quacks, technicians etc.

With this backdrop one highlights the pertinent need for principal innovations in the Indian health-care sector evaluating not only health-care delivery networks and POC (point-of-care) diagnostic innovations but also alternate human capital resources.


Our Mission:
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Our Profile:
IKP Centre for Technologies in Public Health (ICTPH) is a Section-25, not-for-profit Company; registered under the Companies Act, 1956. ICTPH aims to improve the health of poor populations by focusing on designing, developing and delivering innovative solutions in health-care concerning India and the developing world. This is achieved through an inclusive process that scientifically integrates knowledge of factors influencing health and diseases in India, regular evaluation and impact assessment of existing health systems and integration of appropriate technology for optimal health care delivery. ICTPH aims to research provisioning enhanced accessibility to health-care services for rural populations through a three pronged focus on Epidemiology, Human Capacity and Health care Solutions.