: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $108 million results-based loan to support Mizoram in overhauling its public health care system and advancing towards universal health coverage, in what is being seen as a major reform for the state’s health sector.

The programme—Supporting Public Health Care System Strengthening to Achieve Universal Health Care for Mizoram—seeks to expand equitable access to affordable, high-quality health services for Mizoram’s 1.38 million residents, with a particular emphasis on women, older persons and persons with disabilities.

Central to the initiative is the Mizoram Universal Health Care Scheme (MUHCS), approved by the state government in 2023. The scheme brings together multiple existing health insurance programmes—earlier operating under differe

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