Healthcare in India is facing daunting challenges. Government and NGOs continue to work on acute care related to infectious disease and periodic epidemics. High visibility segments such as HIV / AIDS draw investment through a number of public/ private partnerships. In the process, little funding remains for chronic disease where societal changes are leading to noticeable increase in incidence.

A survey conducted by Information and Credit Rating Agency (ICRA) advisory on the chronic healthcare area in India concluded that:

1.	There was a need for more awareness on the early detection and preventive aspects of these 3 illnesses. Work done by medical specialists with small communities has helped reduce the incidence of kidney disease, sometimes by over 60 %, only through simple preventive steps
2.	While there is some work done by individuals and companies in the area of preventive care and patient awareness, it is invariably subscale and does not reach a large proportion of people needing these services. There is a need to bring all these efforts together, leverage off the various initiatives and build scale for it to be effective.
3.	Corporates are interested in contributing in the preventive area but are limited by the availability of credible organizations in this area of activity. The medical fraternity is keen to donate time and effort towards creating awareness but lack a credible platform. NGOs are quite willing to commit themselves to the cause, but overwhelmed with the magnitude of the task, end up confined to funding care-giving projects in small pockets.
4.	Evidently there exists a need for a common platform where each of the 3 stakeholders can pool its resource towards creating a much better informed patient, equipped with the knowledge to delay progression of disease and ultimately choose the most suitable modality.

The high and increasing incidence of Cardiovascular disease, Diabetes and Renal failure has led to the setting up of the Chronic Care Foundation with stakeholders, aimed at preventive healthcare for chronic diseases and better management of the same.

The Indian health care system is reaching a breaking point. Neither the public nor private sector can sustain this trend. Caught in the middle will be a growing population who do not qualify for corporate benefits and cannot afford to insure themselves. The crisis is not just one of cost, however. It is a broader crisis of quality and access to quality care. As much as we spend on health care, we achieve only mediocre results as gauged by our population's health and, at times, clinical outcomes. Many other countries spend less and achieve better returns on their health care investments.

Chronic Care Foundation will focus to effect and increase the capacity, efficiency, productivity, reach and quality of our entire health care system. By endeavouring in making the system more efficient and effective and better managed for those now covered and not covered by health insurance, we also plan to increase the opportunities for coverage expansions to the under privileged and lower income groups.