India, July 23 -- LUCKNOW Uttar Pradesh has taken a significant step towards overhauling its healthcare governance by initiating the creation of a dedicated state-level health policy and research think tank that will guide reforms, improve decision-making and strengthen healthcare delivery. Senior bureaucrats, policymakers, public health experts and academicians on Thursday came together in Lucknow to prepare a five-year strategic roadmap for the proposed State Health Systems Resource Centre - Uttar Pradesh (SHSRC-UP), envisioned as the state's premier technical institution for evidence-based health policymaking.

The roadmap is being prepared during a two-day roundtable organised by the department of hospital administration, SGPGIMS, in ...