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This district in Bihar ignores antenatal care; budget allocation very low: survey

Almost 95 per cent of funds allocated for nutrition intervention for pregnant women in Bihar’s Purnea district were utilised for …

Union Budget 2019-20: Hardly any mention of health sector in Budget speech

Among others, fund allocation for upgrading district hospitals to medical colleges goes south

Community Health Programmes: Genesis and Impact on Rural Health

Participation of the community is essential for successful implementation of healthcare schemes

Webcams rein in footloose doctors

Sonepur district improves ranking in rural health mission

Govt wishes to achieve healthcare goals by spending Rs 3 a day?

According to the latest National Health Profile, India is one of the countries with the lowest public health spending

Ambulance emergency

India desperately needs timely and affordable transport for effective healthcare delivery

Why 275,000 National Health Mission workers have been protesting for 3 years

National Health Mission workers are up in arms, demanding salary and perks at par with the government's regular staff

No health without wealth

The latest NSSO data shows that people are being forced to take loans and sell assets for treatment as the government healthcare system deteriorates

Malaria biggest killer of kids in Chhattisgarh, says report

Community-based survey report shows malaria prevalence is what differentiates high mortality districts from low mortality ones

Public’s private peeve

Will Bihar’s failed model of outsourcing diagnostic services work in Chhattisgarh?

Promises alone cannot improve people’s health; government should know that

Now, government has promised ‘world’s largest health scheme’ whose implementation is not possible, at least in 2018.

COVID-19: One nation, one ration card turns spotlight on 2017 govt report

The Union govt report had asked states to remove provisions that restricted migrants in accessing PDS benefits

When birth control means business

Government’s scheme to give monetary remuneration to health workers for counselling couples on family planning may just backfire, says …

How tribal leadership in Chhattisgarh is helping people access rights

The civil society’s intervention in the tribal regions began in early 1980s on two issues-sustainable livelihood, particularly in forest …

Cabinet approves National Urban Health Mission

Misgivings persist about implementation

Health Act faces hurdles

Centre drafts guidelines to regulate clinical establishments; Indian Medical Association resists

Maternal and neonatal mortality rate high despite improvement in childbirth practices

A study conducted in public health centres in Uttar Pradesh shows complying to essential childbirth practices did not significantly alter …

Chhatisgarh stalls PPP project to outsource diagnostic facilities

Centre refuses to provide funds; state government to review project

Good scheme in bad health

A little known community monitoring scheme could prove handy for the new government, which is readying to revamp the country's healthcare system

Burden of birth

Maternal deaths in Bihar go unreported, while state claims maternal mortality ratio has decreased

Children of a lesser god

Ankur Paliwal finds out why Shravasti district is the worst place for a child to be born in

Get your own vaccine

Down To Earth filed an RTI application to find out the reason of vaccine shortage in India. The response revealed how a plan to promote private …

Health ministry merges TB programme with rural health mission

TB control supervision will suffer, say officials manning the programme

Degree without honours

Parliamentary committee turns down a proposed three-year course in rural health