India performs badly in breastfeeding, ensuring healthy diet to children
A report blames ineffective policies, lack of budget and the absence of better monitoring policies for poor performance
Degree without honours
Parliamentary committee turns down a proposed three-year course in rural health
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 …
Short on paramedics
Hospitals employ untrained staff due to acute shortage of qualified paramedics in the country
Operation cover-up
Rat poison theory offered by the Chhattisgarh government to explain the sterilisation deaths is a facade, finds an investigation by Jyotsna Singh.…
Why India remains malnourished
Despite a fast-growing economy and the largest anti-malnutrition programme, India has the world’s worst level of child malnutrition. The …
Premature scheme
Gujarat's plan to increase institutional deliveries among expecting mothers has fallen flat
Cough resistance
Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in India is plagued by delayed diagnostics and inaccurate treatment procedures. An initiative in …
Swine flu tamed?
H1N1 cases on the rise but doctors say the strain is behaving like seasonal flu
Few governments levy appropriate levels of tax on tobacco products, says WHO report
Evidence shows WHO’s recommendation to increase tax on tobacco products is the most effective way to curb its consumption
Cuba first country to eliminate mother-to-child HIV and syphilis
Its policy of equitable, accessible and universal healthcare ensured easy access to care by pregnant women and children
309,000 infants die on first day
India tops global list of first day deaths of infants; chronic malnourishment blamed
Ambulance emergency
India desperately needs timely and affordable transport for effective healthcare delivery
Study proposes tax on soft drinks
Tax likely to hike price of beverages, may help check obesity, Type-2 diabetes
WHO issues notice to Chennai lab
Agency finds ‘critical’ lapses in clinical trial of HIV and Hepatitis B drugs
Climate change can’t be dealt without focus on public health, urge experts
The need to gather data to develop deeper understanding of health impacts of climate change was emphasised at a meet in Delhi
Ahmedabad’s beat-the-heat plan
Civic body to send weather alerts, create public awareness and train medical officials
Community-based solutions better for reducing malnutrition, says study
The study assessed the Action Against Malnutrition (AAM) programme in seven tribal blocks of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha.
WHO urges action against antibiotic resistance
Experts warn that without effective medicines, infections such as hospital-acquired ventilator-associated pneumonias, urinary tract infections …
What ails Punjab?
It will be a challenge for the new government in Punjab to tackle increasing burden of disease that’s plaguing the state
'Like MDGs, India may fail to achieve SDG targets on malnutrition'
No infrastructure for universal health coverage in India, says report
Infrastructure for primary healthcare has decreased in the past decade
Deficient programme
Centre wants to treat anaemia with iron tablets. Can pills substitute nutritious food?
Protest against dengue at Delhi Secretariat
Protesters demanded that the Delhi government should declare dengue an epidemic and ensure that no hospital refuses to admit a dengue patient
Now healthy ads sell junk food
Commercials mislead consumers by shifting the focus from poor nutrition to physical exercise