Supporting the Government of Bihar in Health Systems Transformation

• Aug 13, 2025
• 1 min

Through its embedded Health Project Management Unit (PMU) with the Development Commissioner of Bihar, MSC is driving strategic, cross-sectoral reforms across the state’s health, education, and procurement ecosystems. Aligned with Bihar’s development priorities, this partnership shows how technical depth, institutional integration, and policy coherence can unlock scalable and sustainable public value. 

A key focus of MSC’s work has been the design of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) models to expand medical education infrastructure. The team has developed bid documents and operating frameworks for establishing medical colleges and hospitals across 11 greenfield and 13 brownfield sites. This initiative is expected to add nearly 2,300 MBBS seats to the state’s current capacity in government institutions and catalyze investments of approximately USD 430 million from the private sector and USD 95 million from the state government. 

In response to Bihar’s escalating cancer burden, where over 1,40,000 new cases are diagnosed annually and mortality exceeds 70,000 per year, MSC supported the government in taking a systems-level approach to cancer surveillance and care. This included the development of a policy proposal to designate cancer as a notifiable disease, supported by detailed epidemiological analysis, justification notes, and structured reporting formats. These efforts laid the foundation for establishing the Bihar Cancer Care and Research Society, to streamline cancer diagnosis, treatment, and registry functions across the state, creating a coordinated and patient-centric response to one of Bihar’s most pressing health challenges. 

The Gates Foundation commissioned the project.