Reform #25: Transform Healthcare System for Universal Coverage
Revolutionize healthcare through strengthened rural infrastructure, qualified health workers, digital health systems, and universal insurance coverage for all Nepalis.
Rural and marginalized communities face severe healthcare gaps due to underfunded facilities, lack of qualified doctors, poor infrastructure, creating preventable deaths and inequality.
- 1Upgrade Primary Health Centers with essential medicines, labs, maternity care, and telemedicine
- 2Train and deploy doctors, nurses, and community health workers to rural areas with incentives
- 3Create digital health platform with electronic health records and telemedicine services
- 4Expand government health insurance to all low-income and rural households
- 5Strengthen preventive services with vaccination, nutrition, and mental health programs
Thailand's Universal Coverage reduced catastrophic health spending by 30%
Sri Lanka achieved strong health outcomes despite low per-capita spending through equity focus
Rwanda integrated digital health, reducing child mortality by over 60% in a decade
Ethiopia's Health Extension Program trained 40,000 female health workers
Year 1: Map health facilities, start health worker training, initiate digital platform
Years 2-3: Construct health posts, expand services, enforce insurance coverage
Years 4-5: Full system operation, nationwide digital coverage, universal rural access
95% population within 30 minutes of primary health facility within 5 years
50% reduction in catastrophic out-of-pocket health spending
90% health insurance enrollment among low-income households
80% of health facilities using digital health records
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