Why dengue is not the devil
Lack of preparedness in our fight against this vector-borne disease is much to blame for it spreading fast
2.9 mln TB cases go unreported
A third of the unaccounted for cases are in India, where private hospitals rarely report TB
Bureaucracy has no idea about health care trends
T Jacob John , professor of virology and paediatrics at Christian Medical College, Vellore, speaks to Raj Kishor Khaware on the state of health …
Spare change
Resources devoted to health care systems are neither divided equitably nor in proportion to the distribution of health problems
Another plague in the offing
The rash of leptospirosis cases in Mumbai during the current monsoon points towards the gradual breakdown of health services in burgeoning …
"Forests are the main source of herbs"
Meghalaya's abundant flora is the basis of its traditional healthcare system. Now, rapid urbanisation and breakdown of the community structure …
Niti Aayog's health index: Topper Kerala's performance slumps
The state performed worse than last time and those with a not-so-good overall score showed improvement
Paramedics show the way
How hundreds of villages in Bangladesh have overcome child and maternal mortality 10 years before the MDG deadline
Menopaused 20-somethings
Hysterectomies on a high since the launch of insurance scheme for BPL families in Andhra Pradesh
Sudan conflict: Women & girls hit hard as reproductive, maternal, paediatric care in jeopardy
Hospitals in affected areas shut or taken over; critical supply for obstetric care, post-rape treatment, contraceptives disrupted
Hungry nation: 70% Indians cannot afford healthy diet
Rising food prices fuelled this upward trend, with the cost of a healthy diet increasing by 3.3% in 2020
WHO's new African leader could be a shot in the arm for poorer countries
Ghebreyesus needs to use his strong mandate – notably from the Global South – to truly reform the WHO
Accidents cause maximum deaths among young population, says WHO
Road accidents and non-communicable diseases emerge as major killers according to the World Health Statistics 2017 report
Diagnose the discord
Latest data shows that cancer is rising sharply in India. It's time we understood the intriguing facts from cancer registries to frame a more …
Two years of Modi government: A civil society review
According to a report, government allocation in most social sectors do not address critical concerns in health, education and civic …
AIDS: how far the world has come and how far it needs to go to get to zero
Globally, the health community is moving to a point where there could be zero new HIV infections or deaths. But it has been a long road
Fruit scare
Encephalitis is not only threatening lives in Bihar, but also the livelihood of litchi farmers as unconfirmed reports link the disease to the fruit
Faceless Figures
The status of cancer data in India is as scary as the killer itself. The most recent data on cancer by the Indian Council of Medical Research is …
Impaired hearing
India's first public hearing on the effects of a nuclear installation was a statement on how the country's nuclear establishment is run
Fat Chance
Reducing obesity -- the leading cause of non-communicable diseases in the world -- has become a political game. At stake are the interests of the …
Why's malaria taking its toll?
Assam faces a spate of malaria deaths. As the disease assumes near epidemic proportions, it is becoming increasingly clear that the government …
Worms thriving in brains, Assam’s tea garden workers lose lives, livelihoods
Neurocysticercosis triggered by tapeworms that easily travel between humans and pigs present a real, imminent danger of zoonosis; an …
Access denied
Shortage of antiretroviral drugs and lack of diagnosis is not new in India, but government does not admit to the crisis
Delhi hospitals freed of poor
Delhi High Court exempts four private hospitals from treating the poor for free. Experts fear other hospitals will follow
Setback to health insurance
Private hospitals in Chhattisgarh, Andhra refuse to treat under government insurance scheme