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
Drug resistance: treatable diseases have once again turned fatal, says WHO
Data from 114 countries show spread of the major public health threat; global collaboration needed for targeted solutions, says global health agency
Out of pocket health spending has risen in rural India: study
Even after adjusting inflation, spending has increased 25 per cent in six years
We started planning before first COVID-19 case was reported: Pinarayi Vijayan
Coronavirus update: Finance minister announces special package
Food and cash transfer announced under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana
Outbreaks like coronavirus start in and spread from the edges of cities
The new coronavirus crossed the animal-human divide at a market in Wuhan, one of the largest Chinese cities and a major transportation node
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What you should know about the novel Coronavirus
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
Walking or cycling to work reduces health risks in India
Study makes case for investment in public transport, pedestrian and cycling routes
COVID-19: A long economic quarantine
Forecast of high temperature, erratic rains and cyclone push India’s poor into a point of no survival return
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.
‘Allocation for health services should be double of what it is’
Innovation in medicine and vaccine research a must now
Economic growth has done little to reduce child under-nutrition
Data taken from 121 health surveys and 36 countries has been analysed
Budget banks on insurance; neglects deteriorating public healthcare
Stress on insurance poised to benefit the private sector
One national, eight regional paramedic institutes to open soon
Around 6.6 million allied health professionals short in India, finds a report
Tax hike on cigarettes can prevent four million deaths in India: report
ADB report points out that the amount of money spent by the poorest 10 million male smokers on cigarettes a day can actually help them buy 1,400 …
Insurance becomes a hurdle
Government health insurance schemes have made life more difficult for the rural poor, finds Aparna Pallavi
Worms thriving in brains, Assam’s tea garden workers lose lives, livelihoods
Neurocysticercosis triggered by tapeworms that easily travel between humans and pigs present a real, imminent danger of zoonosis; an …
Ominous Signs: How deadly cancer is for India
While cases have increased in all the 28 cancer registries in India, mortality has gone up in 14. People of northeastern states are most …
New estimates show 14.8 million children globally are HIV-exposed but uninfected
While many children who are HIV-exposed and also HIV-uninfected are growing and developing well, some face greater risks
New physics needed to explain Universe’s expansion rate: NASA
Scientists are certain about veracity of a long-standing discrepancy in the value of the rate of expansion known as Hubble Constant
Ujjwala scheme: Experts, govt officials mum on LPG cylinder refills
While researchers and officials applaud government’s efforts in reducing household air pollution, none talk about how hardly anybody is …
WHO proposes reforms following criticism over handling Ebola
WHO was too slow to react, admits WHO director-general
COVID-19 in Africa: The pain of getting the jab
The COVAX Facility and the African Union are struggling to bring some relief to Africa which has been suffering from vaccine apartheid
Treating tobacco-related diseases cost India Rs 16,800 crore in 2011: report
Spending on treating such diseases is just a little less than revenue from tobacco products; Union health minister, Harsh Vardhan, says he would …