Curing the ills of pharma FDI
Foreign investment in existing pharma companies will be allowed with riders
Ivermectin for COVID-19: Mismatch between global and Indian policies
Union health ministry guidelines say the drug "may be" used for COVID-19 patients even as global agencies don't recommend
Don't ignore the deadly sign
Government buckles under pressure from tobacco industry and halts order on large pictorial warnings on tobacco products. Will profit prevail over …
CAG finds lapses in dental education
Slams health ministry for granting permission to dental colleges with inadequate infrastructure and faculty
Impatient to sterilise
In a hurry to bring down fertility rate, health officials are blatantly flouting government’s guidelines
Don’t doubt India’s drug regulator on COVID-19 vaccines: Government
Weekly press meeting also releases details of COVID-19 vaccination; healthcare and frontline workers, seniors to be immunised on priority basis
Out of control
Parts of India still struggle to stabilise population growth
Licence revived, production halted
Government-run vaccine units fail to resume supply for immunisation programme
10 years of Delhi gang rape: 70% of released Nirbhaya Funds utilised, Lok Sabha told
Region-wise disparities in fund utilisation; Conviction rate in crimes against women continues to remain abysmal
Big promises to curb hypertension, but no funds
India does not have sufficient funds or plan to eradicate non-communicable diseases
Government for raising awareness on tobacco’s role in TB
A section on tobacco consumption added to the national programme for TB control
Polio vaccine compulsory for those travelling to select countries
India is in no mood to risk the polio free status it achieved earlier this year
Zero maternal death in two former war-torn districts of Sri Lanka
Efforts on to reduce nation's MMR to 24 per 100,000 live births by 2015
Unicef ranks India poorly in child mortality
Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh fare better
Budget 2023-24: Here are the budgetary allocation trends for key ministries
Budgetary allocation was curtailed or reported marginal increase across key ministries and social schemes
Decision on emergency authorisation for SII, Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccines deferred
Both manufacturers have been asked for more data before a final decision can be reached
Australia pulls out Indian gutka ad
Kamla Pasand had boundary line advertisements in India-Australia matches
Uttarakhand safest for newborns: first annual health survey
Survey will help measure progress of development goals and formulate district-level plans better, says health ministry
No infrastructure for universal health coverage in India, says report
Infrastructure for primary healthcare has decreased in the past decade
Elderly & lonely
India has more elderly people than ever before. Most of them have little social security and cannot afford healthcare. While the government seems …
India bans import of animal-tested beauty products
Becomes first South-Asian country to go ‘cruelty free’
In the wrong ministry?
Biotech Regulatory Authority will have too much power, no checks
India struggles to keep its children healthy, say experts
Lack of credible data and co-ordinated action slow country’s efforts to contain malnutrition
Road accidents top reason for adolescent deaths: WHO
HIV/AIDS, suicide among other top causes. The good news is that rates of cigarette smoking are decreasing in 10-19 years age group in some countries
Diabetes drug ban spells trouble for patients, doctors
Experts say pioglitazone difficult to substitute and health ministry has imposed ban without a back up plan