Since 2010, the national conferences on bringing Evidence into Public Health Policy (EPHP) serve as a unique platform to promote exchanges among researchers, practitioners and policymakers for better population health in India. With the central objective of contributing to informed policy and action, each EPHP focuses on concepts and initiatives of significant importance for health in India where informed policymaking can make a difference. The first EPHP in 2010 focused on ‘Five years of National Rural Health Mission’. The National Rural Health Mission—now National Health Mission taking into its ambit the National Urban Health Mission—was and remains a significant structural reform in the Indian health landscape. Paving the road for improved healthcare delivery, the mission connected the health system again with the community by introducing Accredited Social Health Activists, community monitoring