COVID-19 effect: Healthcare costs push over half billion into extreme poverty

A wide gap in affordable healthcare access, combined with reduced income can exacerbate crisis

UNCTAD awards investment panels of Costa Rica, Korea, the Netherlands for boosting healthcare

The investment promotion agencies were recognised for promoting new investment in health infrastructure, helping manufacture medical devices, …

Fifth edition of national bio-entrepreneurship competition launched

Over 30 industry and investment partners come forward to support bio-entrepreneurship in India through this competition  

Fixing severe child malnutrition: Views from Amravati’s Dharni

Between May 2020 and May 2021, the infant mortality rate in Dharni block was 37.28%; maternal mortality rate was 3.25% 

Water, power cuts and neglect are taking their toll on South Africa’s top hospitals

Most were built over 50 years ago and have been poorly maintained; crumbling infrastructure results in flooding, sewage leaks, lack of water, …

COVID-19 derailed universal health coverage in Africa, flags report

There have been signs of progress, but they have been slow, the report said

What Tanzania’s COVID-19 vaccine reluctance means for its citizens and the world

Only a few months into the pandemic, the president declared Tanzania COVID-free following three days of national prayers. The argument was that …

Is India's healthcare future ready? What does Economic Survey 2020-21 point at

Failure of the existing healthcare system suggests that there is a need to rethink health policy

Indian public sector health facilities, workers should lead the fight against AMR

Both are important links across sectors; they should unleash their full impact on the life of the common man for curtailment of AMR.

COVID-19: Examining theories for Africa’s low death rates

Africa accounts for 17% of global population, but only 3.5% of the reported global COVID-19 deaths

Topping the wrong chart: India has highest number of stillbirths

India recorded 0.34 million stillbirths in 2019; COVID-19 has disrupted health systems and added to the existing burden

COVID-19: 10,000 health workers infected in Africa, says WHO

South Africa, one of the five countries most affected by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, accounted for 35 per cent of the …

SDG commitments need financing, local monitoring: NITI Aayog

The National Indicator Framework, which monitors SDGs at the national level, did not include indicators for 36 out of the 169 targets, pointed …

COVID-19 virus now in community, getting bigger: Himanta Sarma

Assam recorded its highest one-day spike of 1,202 new COVID-19 cases on July 4; 782 cases were from Guwahati alone

Refugee exodus, militia attacks: What is happening in Mali

At least 0.1 mln refugees fled to neighbouring countries; about 1.4 mln in critical need of food assistance

Cluster headache is more than ‘just a headache’ — but is often misdiagnosed

Cluster headache is often misdiagnosed as migraine, sinusitis or dental problems 

We started planning before first COVID-19 case was reported: Pinarayi Vijayan

Shocks caused by COVID-19: Addressing chronic poverty, its inter-generational transfer

Any health shock causes entry into poverty for most of those who suffer from it

COVID-19: A long economic quarantine

Forecast of high temperature, erratic rains and cyclone push India’s poor into a point of no survival return  

The problem for biosimilars

Reliance Life Sciences won a case against Roche, 4 years after the MNC sued to stave off challenge to a hit breast cancer drug

Digital dispensaries: How district mineral foundations help healthcare in Odisha

Patients in mining-affected districts can connect to far-away doctors via Internet

World doesn't have enough oncologists to treat rising cancer patients in Africa

The continent currently has 3,913 cancer specialists but 50% more will be needed to treat more than 2 lakh new cancer cases

Congress manifesto promises jobs, welfare steps

Five focus areas include: Unemployment, poverty, farm distress, access to quality education and healthcare

Patients pay for high margins of pharma firms

Patients in India end up paying more for medicines and all kinds of treatment as prevailing conditions do not allow the market to function …

Can activism check Big Pharma’s profit motives?

As prices of life-saving drugs skyrocket, people from diverse fields are getting together to fight Big Pharma