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Think Tamil Nadu has good public healthcare

This understaffing is useful for understanding a recent, baffling trend in Tamil Nadu’s health statistics. In India’s development circles, Tamil Nadu is viewed as one of the best performing states in the delivery of public welfare like education and healthcare. But, … See more

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India is increasing medical institutes, seats but that will not be

WEBIndia added 225 new medical colleges in the last five years, with the total number surging 47% to 704 as of 2023-’24, the Union government told the Lok Sabha in …

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Explainer: Does India need digital health records and can the draft

WEBThe objectives of the draft policy have been laid down as creating a system of digital personal and medical health records, which is voluntary and based on the consent of …

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Covid-19 pandemic shows how government’s thrust to privatise …

WEBCovid-19 pandemic shows how India’s thrust to privatise healthcare puts the burden on the poor. We must build a movement to establish health for all as a basic …

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Health and Wellness Centres: The public health solution that is not

WEBThe 1,50,000 lakh health and wellness centres as envisioned in the National Health Policy, 2017, Jaitley said, “will bring health care system closer to the homes of …

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This biography of the former WHO Chief Scientist Soumya …

WEBOver the years, WHO has earned praise as well as criticism over how it has dealt with health crises. In 2016, for example, health systems and services continued to …

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Special report: Why is India seeing a massive dengue outbreak this …

WEBAccording to a response by the health minister to a question in Parliament, India has recorded 1.64 lakh dengue cases this year, compared to 2.05 lakh cases in …

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In India’s backward states, health outcomes remain poor despite …

WEBThe Covid-19 pandemic, and particularly its second wave, exposed serious deficiencies in the public health systems of several states. People struggled with …

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The gaps in counting India’s disabled population

WEBIf data from the latest National Family Health Survey, or NHFS, are considered, India’s population of people with a disability has reduced to 1% between …

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What Rajasthan’s right to health law promises

WEBThe state’s total health expenditure is Rs 29,905 crore, of which the government spends 43.7%, while out-of-pocket expenditure is 44.9%. After the …

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How India is creating digital health accounts of its citizens without

WEBOf the 23.3 crore health account numbers generated for individuals till August 17, three-quarters have been created using the CoWIN and PMJAY databases. …

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One decade ago, India reported its last case of polio. What was the

WEBIndia has suspended the polio immunisation drive to make way for Covid-19 vaccination. An expert virologist weighs in on the risks. Exactly a decade ago, on …

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‘Where will the poor go

WEBA 25% reservation will lead to the allocation of more than 4,200 beds for paying patients. On March 5, the Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, a collective of health activists, …

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Sikkim paradox: Why the rich, orderly Himalayan state has India’s

WEBBehind the state’s prosperity and cleanliness, we found a state awash in drugs and suicides. Despite all-round progress, Sikkim’s suicide rate was 37.5 per …

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Modi government pushes states to incentivise private hospitals …

WEBThe Modi government has consistently pushed for greater privatisation of healthcare. In 2017, the NITI Aayog and the health ministry proposed a model to …

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Why Kerala’s palliative care model is making an impact

WEBBetween 80 and 90 are run by political parties, which Kumar explained is a phenomenon only seen in Kerala. Kozhikode has the largest number of palliative care …

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eSanjeevani numbers don’t tell real story. Centre’s ambitious

WEBLatika Rajput, a health activist attached with Narmada Bachao Andolan, said the purpose of eSanjeevani is defeated if patients have to do tele-consultation for …

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Socio-economic factors, not religion, influence India's fertility rate

WEBIn 2011, the total fertility rate of Uttar Pradesh, at 3.3, was higher than the Indian average of 2.4, and higher than the rate in Kerala, at 1.8, according to census …

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Muslims’ fertility rate sees sharpest decline over two decades

WEBThe fertility rate among Muslims has dropped to 2.3 during the 2019 to 2021 period, from 2.6 recorded in 2015-16, the survey conducted by the Union health ministry …

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