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Project Detail:
Supporting Universal Health Coverage for Mizoram Program.
India's economy grew by 7.8% in fiscal year (FY) 2024 and is projected to grow by 6.8% in FY2025, making it one of the world's best performing economies with moderate deb sustainability risk. Although India is growing rapidly, its government healthcare spending as a share of gross domestic product remains less than 1.4%. This has led to the high out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) on health in India, which is currently around 47% of total health expenditure and more than 80% as a percentag of total private health expenditure. High OOPE has brought significant negative socioeconomic and health impacts to the poor and vulnerable population, especially women and socially excluded minorities, and it has been the leading reason of their foregone healthcare.
The State of Mizoram is in the northeast region of India. It has a projected population of over 1,380,000 in 2023 and the schedule tribe population is dominant (94.4%). Mizoram has difficult terrain that creates physical mobility constraints which severely hinder the availability of essential goods and services including medical services. The geographic feature of Mizoram makes its population highly concentrated in few valleys and plains, which makes it one of the most urbanized states in India (52.1% population resides in urban areas). Mizoram only connects to the India mainland through few interstate highways in north and its only domestic airport near Aizawl. Despite these constraints, Mizoram is one of the fastest growing states of India. A remarkable economic growth of around 12.2% was observed in FY2023 due to the speedy recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and the increased government investment in infrastructure. The per capita gross state domestic product of Mizoram is 175,986 in FY2023, above per capita of gross domestic product of India of 123,144.
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