Coalition Objectives

The Coalition for Healthy India (CHI) brings together the U.S. and Indian business community, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and medical professionals to coordinate and support improved access to healthcare in India, consistent with efforts being taken by the Government of India as well as the corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs being pursued throughout India by the U.S. and Indian private sector. The initiative includes bolstering the protection of intellectual property and innovation, such that the best class of treatments and devices across the broad spectrum of healthcare challenges facing India are and remain available and accessible to the common man.

Access to effective and affordable health care is essential to ensure India’s remarkable growth. The Coalition for Healthy India aims to enhance and improve access to healthcare in India, facilitating access to the best treatments that science has to offer. USIBC is concerned that a populist trend is taking hold in other countries towards compulsory licensing of pharmaceuticals – essentially expropriating intellectual property – that will rob these countries of access to the latest innovations in drugs and treatment programs, leaving the citizens of these countries with poor access to out-dated pharmaceuticals and treatment programs. We do not want to see this retrograde trend adversely affecting India’s healthcare system.

India has a stake in becoming part of the cutting edge in innovation and scientific research and discovery that will contribute to state-of-the-art health care in India and throughout the world. The Coalition for Healthy India fosters an environment that will enable India to assume its rightful place as a world-class leader in public health.