Public’s private peeve
Will Bihar’s failed model of outsourcing diagnostic services work in Chhattisgarh?
Here are some solutions to address health challenges faced by tribal communities
Skilling and support to nurses and midwives will help in ensuring the provision of a responsive healthcare
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 …
Health Act faces hurdles
Centre drafts guidelines to regulate clinical establishments; Indian Medical Association resists
Budget 2023-24: Marginal rise in health budget not enough to keep up with inflation, experts say
Lesser allocation for health over the years also indicates that we need to go a long way to reach the target of spending 2.5 per cent of GDP for …
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 …
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 …
Referred to die
Infant deaths in West Bengal’s only super specialty hospital underscrore an urgent need to improve healthcare facilities in rural areas
Mission health for all
What prime minister needs to do to make good his promise on making 12th Five-Year Plan a health plan
Bihar’s ambulance service staff go on strike
They have not been paid salaries for six months; private companies operating services under PPP model blame government
Why infant deaths continue in north Bengal
Over 350 infants have died in spurts at the Malda district hospital in the past few years; malnourishment, overcrowding and almost non-existent …
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.…
How Rogi Kalyan Samitis play a role in ensuring self-reliant hospitals in India
The role of an RKS — or hospital management committee — to contribute to Aizawl civil hospital’s growth is worth noting
Push to create cadre of family doctors for rural India
Government's National Health Systems Resource Centre is finalising recommendations which are likely to seek inclusion of family medicine in MBBS …
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 …
Universal health scare
The country’s planners are debating how to provide healthcare to all. In a drastic shift from the 65-year-old public health system, the …