Prof Arnab Mukherji on Lancet panel

Professor Arnab Mukherji, faculty in the Public Policy area at IIM Bangalore, is part of the Lancet Panel which comprises 21 experts. The panel has made 8 recommendation to the Centre, States to fight COVID-19.

Among measures suggested by the members of the commission to manage the situation in India are: the organisation and financing of essential health services be decentralised to districts, a transparent national pricing policy and caps on the prices of all essential health services, and evidence-based information on the management of Covid-19 be widely disseminated, including guidance on what not to do.