COVID-19: Madhya Pradesh reels under ventilator shortage
The state has only one ventilator for one lakh population, according to government data
COVID-19: Water a crucial weapon in pandemic fight
Water access, safe sanitation and rapid de-densification of settlements are key interventions in COVID-19 response plan
Money set aside to build institutions, not public health
Preventive and primary healthcare get a miss in the budget 2014
One in six people worldwide affected by infertility, finds WHO
Urgent need to expand access to prevention, diagnosis and treatments; rates of infertility are similar across all countries and regions
Health system inequalities in East Africa drive antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance exists in this wider historical and socio-political contex
Myth of coverage: How state delay, private sector disinterest caused PM-JAY to fail
Almost 90% of COVID-19 hospitalisations under the scheme took place in 4 states
Laws are chipping away at democracy around the world
Trouble is brewing around the world, say experts
Kerala: This biomedical waste management model should be extended to households
Perinthalmanna has an effective system for the management of biomedical waste with few areas for improvement
COVID-19 testing led to new techniques of disease diagnosis: Progress mustn’t stop now
In the past three years, focus of disease testing moved from simple detecting & understanding to incorporating speed, efficiency & …
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 …
Africa needs preventive approach to health care instead of a curative one: experts
African countries need to understand the link between climate change, migration and exposure to health hazards
Decentralised renewable energy solutions offer great promises for healthcare facilities
Governments, developers should prioritise electrification of health facilities
World’s poorest countries need $6 billion a year for water, sanitation in healthcare centres: WaterAid
Half of healthcare facilities in LDCs lack basic water services
Costly active pharma ingredients from China create healthcare hurdles in India
Nearly 70% of the country’s APIs are imported from China; the dependence is around 90% for certain life-saving antibiotics
Rwanda: 8 health workers arrested for stealing COVID-19 vaccines, test kits
The accused are employees of 4 health facilities in the country’s western and southern provinces
Why we need smart regulation to contain antimicrobial resistance
Smart regulation is a useful way to regulate complex areas that involve multiple stakeholders with converging and diverging interests
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 …
AI throws patent system into turmoil — especially in drug discovery
Artificial intelligence is overturning the conventional idea of intellectual property rights
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The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority's efforts to reign in the private healthcare sector have been scuttled once again. Who is to be blamed?
Miles to go: In these tribal regions of Odisha, the nearest health clinic is jungles & rivers away
In the absence of healthcare services and lack of transportation, vulnerable tribes are deprived of timely healthcare facilities
Extreme climate events fuel cholera outbreaks in Mozambique, Madagascar: WHO
Measures to deal with such outbreaks must be a key agenda of the governments across southern Africa, say experts
WHO focuses on ways to improve health in southeast Asia
The 72nd regional meeting of WHO for the south-east Asian region was inaugurated on September 2, 2019 in Delhi
The solution for Africa’s health problem is in basing health outside of disease
Health does not begin with disease but is dependent on the way of living, clean environment and good nutrition knowledge
Health insurance schemes unlikely to work without strong public health sector
In poor health part 5: While pan-India enrollment to Rashtriya Suraksha Bima Yojna is declining, number of beneficiaries has increased in …