The 2nd edition of Healthcare Sabha - The National Thought Leadership Forum on Public Healthcare will be held at Novotel, Visakhapatnam on 9th-12th February 2017. The event is a platform bringing together Policy Makers, Thought Leaders, National & International Health Organisations, Social Entrepreneurs and Technology & Ancillary Healthcare Service Providers.

1. Over 100 policy makers and stakeholders of public health came together at the
first edition of Healthcare Sabha –The NationalThought Leadership Forum on
Public Healthcare.The two-day conference saw an interdisciplinary group of
professionals working in public healthcare deliberate,discuss and debate on
cohesive,unified and innovative ways to achieveThe National Health Mission of
providing‘UniversalAccess to Equitable,Affordable and Quality Healthcare
Services.’Public health champions in India were also honoured at the
concurrently held Express Public HealthAwards

3. Prominentindustryandthoughtleadersparticipatedinthe
event.Someofthemwere:
◗ Navin Mittal,Secretary Finance & Commissioner & Ex-Officio Secretary,
Information & Public Relations Dept,Govt ofTelangana
◗ Dr Henk Bekedam,WHO Representative to India
◗ Dr Srinath Reddy,President,Public Health Foundation of India
◗ Dr KennethThorpe,Chairman,Partnership to Fight Chronic Diseases
◗ Dr Soumya Swaminathan,Director General,Indian Council of Medical
Research
◗ Kavita Singh,Director NHM (Finance),MoH&FW,GOI
◗ Dr Damodar Bachani,Deputy Commissioner (NCD),Ministry of Health &
FamilyWelfare,Government of India
◗ DrAkun Sabharwal,Director,Drug ControlAdministration,Telangana
◗ DrAtul Kharate,StateTB Officer/Joint Director Health Services,Government
of Madhya Pradesh

4. The 1st
edition of Healthcare Sabha began on an auspicious note with the
ceremonial lamp lighting ceremony by the Chief Guest,Navin Mittal,Secretary
Finance & Commissioner & Ex-Officio Secretary,Information & Public Relations
Dept,Govt ofTelangana; and the Guests of Honour,Dr Henk Bekedam,WHO
Representative to India; Dr Srinath Reddy,President,Public Health Foundation of
India; Dr KennethThorpe,Chairman,Partnership to Fight Chronic Diseases and
Viveka Roychowdhury,Editor,Express Healthcare.
(L-R)Viveka Roychowdhury,Dr Srinath Reddy,Dr Henk Bekedam,Dr KennethThorpe and Navin Mittal

5. The event began with an address by
the Chief Guest,Navin Mittal,
Secretary Finance & Commissioner &
Ex-Officio Secretary,Information &
Public Relations Dept,Govt of
Telangana. He said,“The two-day
conference would be a great
opportunity for the best brains in the
country and abroad to deliberate and
find solutions to a lot of issue that the
healthcare sector faces and create a
roadmap for the future.”
The first keynote of the Healthcare
Sabha 2016 was delivered by Dr Henk
Bekedam,(WHO) India
representative.His message to the
audience was,“Investing in health is
investing in India's growth”
Navin Mittal,Secretary Finance & Commissioner &
Ex-Officio Secretary,Information & Public Relations Department,
Government ofTelangana
Dr Henk Bekedam | (WHO) India representative

6. Several thought provoking panel discussions and sessions were part of the event.
Industry experts deliberated on significant topics such as: Road map to achieve
UHC,Best practices in medicine procurement,Effective models on financing
healthcare,Effective implementation of PPPs in healthcare and Role of frugal
innovation in healthcare
(L-R) Dr Gullapalli N Rao,Chairman,LVPrasad Eye Institute; Mirai Chatterjee,Director,Social Security at Self-employedWomen's
Association (SEWA); Dr Srinath Reddy,President,Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI); Dr Henk Bekedam,WHO Representative to
India; and Dr PVRamesh,Principal Secretary (R&E) Finance,Government ofAndhra Pradesh
Implementation of Universal Health Coverage/Assurance: 4-point road map

7. Medicine procurement: Assumption versus Assurance of quality
Models of financing public healthcare
ProfAK Gupta,Medical Superintendent,PGIMER,Chandigarh; Dr Suresh Saravdekar,ExAssistant Director & Consultant - Procurement,
Ministry of Medical Education and Health and DrAvinash Supe,Director,Medical Education & Dean,KEM Hospital
(L-R) K Srivatsava,VP Marketing and Sales,NATCO Pharma; DrAnant Phadke,SeniorAdvisor,SATHI-CEHAT; Dr Prateek Rathi,
Special Executive Officer,ESI Scheme,Department of Public Health,Maharashtra; Kavita Singh,Director NHM (Finance),MoH&FW,
GOI; Chhitiz Kumar,CEO Philips Capital & Head-GovernmentAffairs,PPP Philips India

8. (L-R) Dr SreenivasANair,National Professional Officer-Tuberculosis,WHO,Country Office for India; DrAtul Kharate,StateTB
Officer/Joint Director Health services,Government of Madhya Pradesh; and DrAravind Swaminathan,Paediatrician,MSF
PPPs on Public Healthcare: The expanding role of NGOs, Foundations
and Corporate Hospitals’Outreach Programmes in TB control
The role of frugal innovations in medical technology
(L-R): DrYogesh Patil,COO,Biosense; Mihir Shah,Founder and CEO,UE LifeSciences; DrJitendra Kumar Sharma,Director,WHO
collaboration Centre for Priority Medical Devices & Head,Division of HealthcareTechnology,National Health Systems Resource
Center,MoH&FW; and Dr Pankaj Parashar,Director & General Manager.MP Public Health Services Corporations

9. KnowledgeSessions
In addition to the interactive panel discussions,Healthcare Sabha also saw
knowledge sessions from experts such as Dr Soumya Swaminathan,Director
General,Indian Council of Medical Research,Dr Damodar Bachani,Deputy
Commissioner (NCD),Ministry of Health & FamilyWelfare,Government of India
and Dr KennethThorpe,Chairman,Partnership for Chronic Diseases (PFCD)
Dr Soumya Swaminathan,highlighted the importance of evidence-backed public
health strategies while Dr Damodar Bachani spoke on the‘Emerging threat of
lifestyle diseases and their risk factors –Where are we today and the way forward
to deal with NCDs as a public health priority.Dr KennethThorpe highlighted that
NCDs have emerged as one of the major health concerns in India and there is an
urgent need to implement strategies which would help tackle these challenges
effectively.
Dr Soumya Swaminathan,Director
General,Indian Council of Medical
Research,Government of India
Dr Damodar Bachani,Deputy
Commissioner (NCD),Ministry of Health
& FamilyWelfare,Government of India
Dr KennethThorpe,Chairman,
Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
(PFCD)

10. A360o view of how advancements in medical
technology and innovations in healthcare are
redefining public health in India were shared by
partners such Philips India,MedGenome India,
C-DAC ,EMC Software and Services,ThoughtWorks,
Carestream India and Natco Pharma
Chhitiz Kumar,
CEO,Philips Capital & Head–GovtAffairs,
PPP,Philips India
Girish Mehta,
CEO,
MedGenome India
DR BK Murthy,Executive Director,CDAC
Sunita Nadhamuni,
Head – Healthcare Solutions,
EMC Software and Services India
Vivek Singh,
TechnicalArchitect,
ThoughtWorks
SabuJose, General Manager,
GovernmentAccounts,
Carestream Health India
K Srivatsava,
Vice President - Marketing & Sales,
NATCO Pharma

11. Glenmark, the award partners for the Public HealthAwards 2016,also hosted two
power discussions to encourage networking and facilitate knowledge sharing,at
Healthcare Sabha 2016.
15 dignitaries from Mumbai participated in the power breakfast organised at Healthcare Sabha.The topic before the house was
‘Partnering in Quality Procurement
POWER BREAKFAST
Government officials from various states were part of the second power discussion at Healthcare Sabha
The discussion revolved around the drug procurement process in different states of India
POWER DISCUSSION

12. The Express Public HealthAwards sought to honour the visionaries,innovators,
and game changers from public healthcare.The Public Health Foundation of India,
was the Knowledge Partner and Glenmark was the Presenting Partner for the
awards.DrSrinathReddy,theChairpersonofthejuryforExpressPublicHealthAwards
explainedtheconceptbehindtheawards.DrAkunSabharwal,Director,DrugControl
Administration,TelanganawastheChiefGuestatExpressPublicHealthAwards
PUBLICHEALTHCHAMPIONS
HONOUREDATEXPRESS
PUBLIC HEALTHAWARDS

13. WINNERS
❑ExpressPublicHealthAwardforEfficientlyRunPublicHealthProgrammesbyaState
Winner:TheStateGovernmentofChhattisgarh
❑ExpressPublicHealthAwardForTheMostEffectivePublicPrivatePartnership
Winner: HLLLifecare,TamilNadu
❑ExpressPublicHealthAwardForTheMostEffectiveHealthcareNGO
Winner:Nari-O-SishuKalyanKendra,Howrah
❑ExpressPublicHealthAwardfortheMostEffectiveHealthTechnologySystem
Winner1:AllIndiaInstituteofMedicalSciences,Delhi
Winner2: PostgraduateInstituteofMedicalEducationandResearch,Chandigarh
❑ExpressPublicHealthAwardforLifetimeAchievementAwardforContributionin
PublicHealth
Winner: SEARCH,Gadchiroli
❑JuryChoiceAwardsforSociallyResponsiveHealthcareDeliverybyPrivateInstitution
Winners:AravindEyeCareSystem,LVPrasadEyeInstituteandSankaraNethralaya
❑JuryChoiceAwardforCorporateContributionsToPublicHealth
Winners:GVK-EMRI andPiramalSwasthyaManagementInstitute

14. THE MOSTEFFICIENTLYRUN PUBLIC HEALTH
PROGRAMMES BYASTATE
THE MOSTEFFECTIVE
PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THE MOSTEFFECTIVE HEALTHCARE NGO
STATE GOVERNMENTOF CHHATTISGARH HLLLIFECARE,TAMILNADU NARI OSHISUKALYANKENDRA,HOWRAH
THE MOSTEFFECTIVE
HEALTHTECHNOLOGYSYSTEM
THE MOSTEFFECTIVE
HEALTHTECHNOLOGYSYSTEM
LIFETIMEACHIEVEMENTAWARD FOR
CONTRIBUTION IN PUBLIC HEALTH
AIIMS,DELHI PGIMER,CHANDIGARH SEARCH,GADCHIROLI
THEJURYCHOICEAWARD FOR SOCIALLY
RESPONSIVE HEALTHCARE DELIVERYBY
PRIVATE INSTITUTION
THEJURYCHOICEAWARD FOR CORPORATE
CONTRIBUTIONSTO PUBLIC HEALTH GLENMARK,THE PRESENTING PARTNER
LVPRASAD EYE INSTITUTE PIRAMALSWASTHYAMANAGEMENT
INSTITUTE