Contributors
About the Report
This report is produced by the Health Commission appointed by VD Satheesan, on behalf of UDF.
UDF Health Commission:
Dr SS Lal (Chairman), Dr PN Ajitha (Member), Dr Sreejith N Kumar (Member), Dr Muhammed Basheer O.T (Member), Dr Rajan Joseph Manjooran (Member)
Health Commission Secretary:
Prasanth MK
Report Drafting:
Dr Salman Khan R (Lead Writer), Dr Vinod Kumar VG, Dr SS Lal
Supporting Editorial Team:
Dr Meenakshi Gopimohan, Dr Aiswarya A S, Adv Justy Thomas
Advisors:
Dr A Marthanda Pillai, Dr V Ramankutty, Dr RV Asokan, Dr MI Sahadullah, Dr Joe Thomas, Dr Shanthakumar, Dr Ramesh R, Dr GS Vijayakrishnan, Prof Dr KG Ravikumar, Dr Mary George, SM Anas, S Mini, Dr Arun, Dr Santhosh GR, Dr Babu Gopalakrishnan
Tech Advisor:
Dr Christy Thomas
Project Management Team:
Adv Justy Thomas (Manager), Dr Aiswarya A S (Deputy Manager), Dr Marvel KS (Deputy Manager), Dr Akash B, Dr Rinsa Vaheed, Adarsh HS, Dr Ajas, Anusooya Krishnan, Dr Asha, Dr Sooraj Subash, Devabala Smitha, Akash Vardhaman, Dr Anjana Devi, Kiran R
Special Thanks To:
Sunny Joseph, PK Kunjalikutty, Dr MK Muneer, Francis George, CP John, Rajan Babu AN, Devarajan G, M Vincent, VS Sivakumar
Contributors
- Adarsh HS
- Adarsh Viswanath
- Adv Baby T Ayoor
- Adv Justy Thomas
- Adv RS Arun Raj
- Adv Shanimoal Oosman
- Adv Veena S Nair
- Ajikumar S
- Ajimsha AT
- Alex Franklin
- Alice
- A Ali
- Ameen
- Amrutha Nair
- Anas Shajahan
- Anil Chilla
- Anilkumar PY
- Anupama Ramachandran
- Anusooya Krishnan
- Aravind V
- Arifa Sainudeen
- Asok Kumar
- Babu G
- Babu Gopalakrishnan
- Beena VN
- Bindu B Chandran
- Bindu Bhaskar
- CD Leena
- CP John
- Devabala
- Divya Sreenivasan
- Dr Abhilash Balsalam
- Dr Ahzana K Nazrudheen
- Dr Aiswarya A S
- Dr Ajas P Shanavas
- Dr Ajayan R
- Dr Ajitha PN
- Dr Akash B
- Dr Ameen
- Dr Anand Pillai
- Dr Anijeet
- Dr Arun
- Dr Arun NM
- Dr Asha KS
- Dr Asha Nair
- Dr AV Jayakrishnan
- Dr Babu Gopalakrishnan
- Dr Babu Ramachandran
- Dr Benny PV
- Dr Binu Luke
- Dr Chandrakumari
- Dr Cherian Varghese
- Dr Chithra Grace
- Dr Christy Thomas
- Dr Dencymol DC
- Dr Denny Mathew
- Dr Densy Daison
- Dr Deepu Karunakaran
- Dr Dhanya Radhakrishnan
- Dr Durga Prasad
- Dr GR Santhosh
- Dr Hanan E
- Dr Harikrishnan V Nair
- Dr Hyfa
- Dr Indhu
- Dr Jame Abraham
- Dr Jayasree AK
- Dr Jina D’Cruz
- Dr Joe Thomas
- Dr John Panicker R
- Dr Jose Kurian
- Dr Kavitha
- Dr KR Hussain
- Dr Krishna
- Dr Krishna Kumar
- Dr Krishnakumar
- Dr Laisa
- Dr Lekha KL
- Dr Mahilamani
- Dr Manoj KS
- Dr Manju S Pillai
- Dr Marvel K Soman
- Dr Mary George
- Dr Marthanda Pillai
- Dr Meenakshi Gopimohan
- Dr Mini GK
- Dr Mohanan Nair
- Dr Muralee Thummarukudy
- Dr Nabil Rosh
- Dr Nigil Haroon
- Dr Nirmal Ravi
- Dr Nisha Nigil
- Dr OT Muhammed Basheer
- Dr P Gopinath
- Dr Padmamohan J
- Dr Pradeep
- Dr Pradeep Kidangoor
- Dr Prashanth CV
- Dr Prathapachandran
- Dr Praveen G Pai
- Dr R Ajay Kumar
- Dr R V Ashokan
- Dr Rajamohanan
- Dr Rajan Joseph Manjooran
- Dr Rajesh Divakaran
- Dr Ramesh R
- Dr Ramesh Varma
- Dr Ranjith Nair
- Dr Ravikumar KG
- Dr Revathy
- Dr Rinsa Vaheed
- Dr Rita Cross
- Dr Rony
- Dr SK Harikumar
- Dr SK Suresh
- Dr Sabin George
- Dr Sahadhulla
- Dr Sajith Kumar
- Dr Salman Khan R
- Dr Sam Prasad
- Dr Santhakumar K
- Dr Shiju Mathew
- Dr Sini
- Dr Smitha Subhram
- Dr S S Lal
- Dr Sooraj Subash
- Dr Sreejith N Kumar
- Dr Suhail
- Dr Sujith Kumar
- Dr Sunil Kumar
- Dr Suresh TN
- Dr Swapna Kumar
- Dr Thankom Arun
- Dr Tony Alexander
- Dr Unnikrishnan R
- Dr Venugopalan PP
- Dr Vijayakrishnan
- Dr Vijayashree Yellappa
- Fathima Midhulaj
- Fazalu Rahman
- G Devarajan
- G Pramod Kumar
- Geetha Nair
- Hari SK
- Jasmine Mary John
- Jinbert Lordson
- Johnsan Edayaramula
- Johnson J
- Jyothi Vijaya Kumar
- Kabir Muhammed Kunj
- Karthik TR
- Kiran R
- Krishnakumar Prabhakaran
- Lakshminarayan
- Lija
- Lincey Mathew
- Liza Joice
- Madhusoodhanan
- Maya L
- M E Sugathan
- Mini S
- Mobin Sebastian
- Nadia Sheheen
- Nahas Rahim
- Neena Elizabeth
- Nevin Wilson
- Nizar
- Novma Money
- Omprakash
- Prasanth Kinattupurayil
- Prasanth MK
- Promod Pradeep
- Radhakrishnan T
- Rajeev Jayadevan
- Rajesh Nair
- Rajesh P
- Rajiv Gopalakrishnan
- Rajendran Cheruvakkal
- Ramzana Abdul Rasheed
- Ranjith Balan
- Salih NH
- Sameeha M Hussain
- Samuel Koshy
- Sanjo Sabu
- Santosh K S
- Schiller Stephen
- Susan Sulaiman
- Tara Tojo Alex
- Thilakan KPK
- Thomas Rony
- Vani Devi
- Veena
- Vinayababu Bhaskaran
- Zulfiquar Ahmed
- Home
- Purpose And Scope
- Executive Summary
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Key Challenges and Gaps in Kerala’s Health System
- 2.1 Disease Burden and Emerging Health Risks
- 2.2 Infrastructure, System Resilience, and Governance
- 2.3 Human Resources for Health
- 2.4 Drugs, Vaccines, Diagnostics, and Technology Systems
- 2.5 Service Delivery and Quality of Care
- 2.6 Financial Protection and Affordability
- 2.7 The Invisible Backbone of Kerala’s Health System
- 3. Towards a People-Centred Health System: Setting the Direction for Reform
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4. Recommendations for Health System Strengthening
- 4.1 Strengthen Infrastructure, Emergency Readiness, and System Resilience
- 4.2 Build a Strong, Modern Health Workforce & Improve Medical Education
- 4.3 Building Robust Systems for Medicines, Diagnostics & Technology Systems
- 4.4 Improve Service Delivery & Guarantee Quality of Care
- 4.5 Strengthen Governance, Financing, and Financial Protection
- 4.6 Build Strong Public Health Systems, Surveillance & Disease Preparedness
- 4.7 Strengthening the Invisible Backbone of Kerala’s Health Workforce
- 4.8 Transforming Key System Interfaces
- 5. Annexures
- Contributors
