Simply put: No doctors in 70% PHCs in Bihar
AES in Bihar: A case of rural healthcare in crisis
More than 70 per cent of Bihar's PHCs function without any medical officer or nurse
World Health Day: Indian tale of unfulfilled goals
India short of five lakh doctors and the situation is worse than Vietnam
Anganwadi, ASHA work massively disrupted during COVID-19 pandemic: Survey
Workers reported increase in stress levels, study finds
Poor infrastructure, staff crunch continue to plague healthcare in rural India: Centre
Less than half the Primary Health Centres function on a 24x7 basis
Economic Survey 2022-23: Health not a priority? Just over 2% of GDP spent
Out-of-pocket-expenses remained dangerously high till 2019-2020
Low public funding in health exacerbates poverty, says Nigerian health minister
Nigeria's Minister of Health Isaac Adewole talks to Bennett Oghifo about the country's commitment to provide universal health coverage by 2030
AES and Gorakhpur's BRD hospital: A case study in why primary healthcare needs beefing up
AES cases haven't yet come up this season in UP, but BRD is crammed already with patients, some of whom have travelled 100 km
Brain disease plaguing Muzaffarpur children is not encephalitis
Encephalopathy is a biochemical disease, while encephalitis results from a viral infection
Women's Day: These 900,000 health workers have no reason to celebrate
No end in sight for these accredited social health activists who have not received remuneration for months
New mobile app may help in addressing heart disease in rural areas
A group of Indian and Australian scientists has developed and tested a mobile application-based system that promises to help doctors and health …
Astana Declaration: Not just health, but affordable health for all
UN’s 192 member countries agree to strengthen primary healthcare on the 40th anniversary of Alma Ata Declaration
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
Over 56.8 million people need palliative care each year: WHO
By 2060, the need for palliative care at the end of life is expected to nearly double
More than half the world's population does not receive essential health care services
Under such circumstances, achieving universal health coverage by 2030 seems like an ambitious target
How drone, mobile-based platform bridging health care gap in Africa
Innovations are happening in the planet's remotest places hosting the poorest, and they aim to solve Africa’s biggest challenge of giving …
No integration in India’s disease data collection systems: Niti Aayog
White paper highlights several lacunae including shortage of human resources, occupational health, surveillance; suggests series of measures …
Primary health care, community health workers bag spotlight at WHA
The member states decided to implement Declaration of Astana and allocate adequate resources to support community health workers
Niti Aayog's health index: Topper Kerala's performance slumps
The state performed worse than last time and those with a not-so-good overall score showed improvement
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 …
