India's Health Crisis

Insufficient allocation for the health sector pushing 7% of Indians below the poverty line and about 23% of the sick can't afford healthcare

"An epidemic of non-communication"

David Miller is an expert in psychosocial management of hiv/aids. He has worked in developing countries since 1986 and is currently the Country …

Medical draft Bill will commercialise education, say doctors

NITI Aayog is championing privatisation and commercialisation of medical education in India, says the Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare

Messiahs to rural folk

A few individuals are trying to bring about changes at the grassroots level through dedicated and sustained work

Vyapam virus

The scam in Madhya Pradesh exposes the criminal nexus which has infected India's medical education system

Terminated abruptly

Toeing the US' line appears to be an essential prerequisite for receiving aid from it. The 'Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium' for aids …

No integration in India’s disease data collection systems: Niti Aayog

White paper highlights several lacunae including shortage of human resources, occupational health, surveillance; suggests series of measures …

Combating AMR: How Delhi’s campaign design for school kids helped

Schools, as institutions for people in their formative years, are strategic settings for advancing health promotion skills, practices and …

Defence of science

The Indian Science Congress fails to address country's key concerns like health. Instead, it ends up becoming a forum for grousing about …

Turmoil in academia

Tenure of Medical Council of India’s governing body set to expire; Centre unclear about next move

Zika has unborn victims in Madhya Pradesh

As India fights its first Zika outbreak, Down To Earth finds a grievously unprepared response system in virus-hit districts of Vidisha and Bhopal …

Silenced to death

The media and the government keep mum on pollution-cancer linkages and the abysmal medical help available in India against the menace

Out of breath

After visiting hospitals and slums VIBHA VARSHNEY has found that asthma makes poor children suffer far more than their rich counterparts. And a …

Short on paramedics

Hospitals employ untrained staff due to acute shortage of qualified paramedics in the country

Gujarat's Chirajeevi Yojana fails to deliver

US$ 32 million given to private healthcare sector under the scheme to improve maternal and child health, but childbirth-related complications …

Fall of a premier institute

Amid funds siphoning allegations, future of National Institute of Pharma Education seems bleak

Cradles of hope

A recent health survey throws up figures that defy logic. Some districts in India’s nine most backward states have curbed infant mortality …

Blow to anti-AIDS campaign as condom turns taboo subject

The paanwallah-doubling-up-as-a-condom-vendor ad has been taken off the air. Instead, Doordarshan will show a village council member warning …

Children of a lesser State

A rare killer disease, Japanese encephalitis, has been annually and invariably breaking out in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. This year, so far, 3,…