Only 5% of abortions in India take place in public health facilities

Women in India face considerable challenges due to limited availability of abortion services in public health facilities

COVID-19 breeding ground for conspiracy theories — here’s why that’s serious problem

People who endorse conspiracy theories about the coronavirus may be less likely to follow health advice

Antibiotic resistance: How to reduce consumption of antibiotics

Antimicrobial resistance affects public health in many parts of the world now. Left unchecked, they may even upstage several …

COVID-19: Madhya Pradesh reels under ventilator shortage

The state has only one ventilator for one lakh population, according to government data 

Health insurance schemes unlikely to work without strong public health sector

In poor health part 5: While pan-India enrollment to Rashtriya Suraksha Bima Yojna is declining, number of beneficiaries has increased in …

COVID-19: Where are those pushing for privatised healthcare?

NITI Aayog, which has always advocated privatisation of public health infrastructure, has been silent recently  

COVID-19: States step up relief response with DMF funds

Major mining districts such as Keonjhar and Sundargarh in Odisha and Bhilwara and Rajsamand in Rajasthan have sanctioned sizeable funds   

What’s happening in Belarus, the only European country to not adopt social distancing

Unemployment below 0.5% was the president’s main argument against isolation measures, according to local press 

In the shadow of COVID-19, Bhopal gas disaster survivors

All six reported COVID-19 deaths in Bhopal victims of gas tragedy  

How Indian Standards are looking at complexities in healthcare

A mushrooming medical devices market makes it vital to manage healthcare complexities 

COVID-19 pandemic: Women in charge

Women make up the majority of workers in the health and social welfare sectors globally. Nearly one in three women work in agriculture and do …

Karnataka-Kerala COVID-19 border row: Decoding the crisis and conciliation

Karnataka opened its borders to critical non-COVID-19 patients from Kerala on April 7 — following long route of political attacks and …

Kerala and Cuba: How Left cousins won praise for COVID-19 fight

Both communist governments are battling out the pandemic with robust healthcare and emergency services

How people-centric public health surveillance can help control COVID-19

There is an urgent need to engage with the community to capture human lives, their social and economic demography  

Only BPL families to get free treatment under NDA’s proposed health scheme

Those above poverty line will have to pay 33 per cent of the cost while the remaining will be paid by government and insurance companies

COVID-19: Bengal tops in death rate; blame it on Kolkata

Bengal mortality rate at 9%; about 68% of total deaths in state recorded in Kolkata, says data 

COVID-19 exposes fault lines in peri-urban areas

Lack of sanitation awareness prevails at a greater extent here; it is unclear how COVID-19-centric awareness campaigns will influence behavioral …

Rare takes on the year just passing by

Being a Down To Earth reporter entails merging the personal with the professional. The magazine you so dearly own has a fascinating world hidden …