Marxists vs Paternalists vs Liberals: Where healthcare stands in India

How health as a right, investment and consumption regularly crops up in capitalist discourses 

Primary healthcare fails to meet needs of people it was built for: Lancet study

People in low-, middle-income countries often have to pay out of their pocket and seek care elsewhere

No health net for 3.1 bln by 2023 deadline

The World Health Organization (WHO) 13th General Programme of Work targeted universal health coverage (UHC) between 2019 and 2023

Iatrogenesis unbound: Review of 'Healers or Predators?'

A rare anthology of medical cases investigated to expose the corrupt underbelly of healthcare

Digital dispensaries: How district mineral foundations help healthcare in Odisha

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

Hospital-acquired infections kill thousands, cost sub-Saharan Africa $8.4 billion annually, says WaterAid

Nigeria recorded the highest incidence of HAIs in 2022, followed by Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana, Malawi, Zambia and Mali

A human-rights approach is essential to end the global TB epidemic

it is critical to ensure that tuberculosis services are included within essential universal healthcare packages and social protection programmes

Why is private healthcare opposing the Clinical Establishments Act?

Enforcing the act is troublesome as health is a state subject and states are succumbing to the pressure of the private healthcare sector, driven …

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

ASHA workers’ strike in Delhi continues

Workers demanding permanent salary and transport allowance

National Digital Health Mission: Weak links in a weak chain

Instead of making a show of improving private healthcare, the Union government would be better off if it focuses on improving its public health …

Decentralised renewable energy vital for strengthening Jharkhand's health sector

Over 13% of health sub-centres and public health centres in Jharkhand not electrified 

COVID-19: Where are those pushing for privatised healthcare?

NITI Aayog, which has always advocated privatisation of public health infrastructure, has been silent recently  

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, …

Only 5% of abortions in India take place in public health facilities

Women in India face considerable challenges due to limited availability of abortion services in public health facilities

Budget 2018: Balanced focus on rural, urban health needs will be crucial

The Centre should push for further decentralisation of health services

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

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.

Will Astana Declaration succeed where Alma-Ata failed?

The new declaration, that renews the global pledge to achieve universal health coverage by 2030, is a step forward but still lacks on several fronts

COVID-19 pandemic: Women in charge

Women make up the majority of workers in the health and social welfare sectors globally. Nearly one in three women work in agriculture and do …

Revenue targets, management staff making doctors pawns in corporate hospitals: Study

‘Corporate hospitals have reduced patients to factories’

Cost of setting up an AIIMs shot by 147% in just 4 years: CAG report

From 2006 to 2010, the cost of setting up an AIIMS shot by 147% under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, shows a report by the …

Simply Put: AI in healthcare

In search of hope and care: Medical tourism or forced migration?

The arduous journeys of those who migrate for medical treatment in India

Surgery risks are disproportionately high for women in Africa: New study

There’s a need for country-specific and condition-specific research into women’s surgical care and ways to improve these outcomes on …