Simply put: Which way health in India?

More than half of India’s April COVID-19 deaths were in rural districts

Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, 7 other states / UTs recorded more cases and deaths in rural districts last month

Simply Put: India’s charge against COVID-19

Simply Put: Budget

Unhealthy affair: Book review - Make Health in India

An exhaustive analysis of the challenges India faces in the health sector

Odisha confirms cholera outbreak; Kerala on alert

About 250 diarrhoea-prone areas have been identified in Rayagada district

Assam’s rural health practitioners face uncertain future

High court derecognises their diploma; state yet to work out a plan to absorb them

Technological innovation to drive healthcare interventions

Data standardisation, security and privacy protection have to be addressed and regulated before rolling out such interventions

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 …

Behind the curve: How COVID-19 exposed India’s apathetic rural health infrastructure

It should not have taken a pandemic for the government to realise the importance of the rural healthcare infrastructure and of universal free …

Africa needs preventive approach to health care instead of a curative one: experts

African countries need to understand the link between climate change, migration and exposure to health hazards

Doctors get warning

Uttar Pradesh serves notice to 150 negligent surgeons

Degree without honours

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

COVID-19: More than half of India still not testing enough, data shows

Data shows that testing is relatively limited to people with high suspicion of COVID-19 and may miss new chains of transmission in the community

Punjab closer to ODF sustainability with community toilet guidelines

Recommendations not clear on how to treat waste, reuse groundwater   

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

Letters

Webcams rein in footloose doctors

Sonepur district improves ranking in rural health mission

Parliament panel turns down proposal of BSc course in rural health

Government may face contempt of court

Referred to die

Infant deaths in West Bengal’s only super specialty hospital underscrore an urgent need to improve healthcare facilities in rural areas

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

I don't approve the methods of Naxals

No medical staff, equipment in ‘model’ state Gujarat’s villages, as COVID-19 wreaks havoc

COVID-19 has spread to all of Gujarat’s 18,000 villages, alleges a state Congress member  

Untreated wastewater in developing countries: 14 billion a day and we don’t know where it ends up

This water causes diarrhoeal diseases that kill 800 children every day, mostly in India, Afghanistan and Congo