Solarisation of all un-electrified primary healthcare centres (PHCs) in rural India is the key to tackle Covid-19 pandemic.
Outlining the steps needed to get to that goal, a collective of think tanks, research groups, healthcare service providers and renewable energy experts have come together to highlight the case for solarising of PHCs in rural India.
“The ongoing Covid-19 crisis has highlighted several existing systemic gaps in services, especially to the rural poor. Inadequate healthcare infrastructure is one of them. Over 39,000 sub-centres (the first point of contact between the primary healthcare system and the community) serving 230 million people in rural India lack electricity,” said Harish Hande, Founder & Chairman, SELCO Foundation.
