The Gates accounts
CBI gets tough on rural health mission scam in Uttar Pradesh
How Central funds meant for upgrading healthcare facilities are siphoned off
Uttar Pradesh engages Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to improve health, agriculture and financial services to the poor
Health activists wary
Pentavalent vaccine approved in five more states. Health ministry brushes aside safety concerns
Four children in Kerala reportedly died immediately after the vaccine was administered
No infrastructure for universal health coverage in India, says report
Infrastructure for primary healthcare has decreased in the past decade
The link between blood pressure and suicides
Get your own vaccine
Healthcare services for adivasis in a shambles
Pregnant, anaemic, adivasi women do not even get iron tablets
Education policy for kids under six
Experts say the plan misses diet, care and ignores children with special needs
Rising trend
Poor and the young are new victims of hypertension
Political parties use rural health mission scam stick to beat Mayawati government
Bahujan Samaj Party leader defiant blames UPA for the mess
Out of pocket health spending has risen in rural India: study
Even after adjusting inflation, spending has increased 25 per cent in six years
ASHAs not enough to deliver healthcare to urban poor: study
'Women in urban slums need a basket of healthcare services to meet their needs'
Budget through the years post liberalisation
Run up to Budget 2012-13
Rural health, malnutrition get attention
Health sector overall allocated even less than what it received last year, say experts
Lalitpur’s baby formula
Programme to promote breastfeeding improves health of children under two
Thirty years of rural health research: South Africa’s Agincourt studies offer unique insights
A health and socio-demographic surveillance system was established in remote, rural South Africa in 1992
Why India remains malnourished
Despite a fast-growing economy and the largest anti-malnutrition programme, India has the world’s worst level of child malnutrition. The …
Punjab closer to ODF sustainability with community toilet guidelines
Recommendations not clear on how to treat waste, reuse groundwater
Infographic: India lacks rural health centres, human resources to run them
As on March 31,2021, health centres at all three levels are catering to more population than recommended
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
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 …
Technological innovation to drive healthcare interventions
Data standardisation, security and privacy protection have to be addressed and regulated before rolling out such interventions
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 …