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India: Health of the Nation’s States

WebBased on intense work over two years, this report describes the distribution and trends of diseases and risk factors for every state of India from 1990 to 2016. India: Health of the Nation’s States [PDF 5.36 MB] Source: Indian Council of Medical Research, Public Health Foundation of India, and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

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Despite Choices Women Shoulder the Burden of Family Planning

WebThe Indian state has for long propagated population control without sufficiently addressing overall and reproductive health concerns. From the initial emphasis on mass sterilisations to a later stage in which a basket of contraceptives became available there has been a progression in the methods of intervention. However, as Manisha …

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NFHS-5 Fact Sheets: Key Indicators from Phase

WebThis fact sheet provides information on key indicators and trends for Andaman & Nicobar Islands. NFHS-5 fieldwork for Andaman & Nicobar Islands was conducted from 17 October, 2019 to 2 February, 2020 by Sigma Research and Consulting Pvt. Ltd. Information was gathered from 2,624 households, 2,397 women, and 367 men.

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Trust in public health facilities can be regained only by changing …

Web<b>Alexander Thomas</b>, founder-member and president of the Association of Healthcare Providers of India (AHPI), founder-member and president of the Association of National Board Accredited Institutions (ANBAI), founder-member and president of the Consortium of Accredited Healthcare Organisations (CAHO) and consultant to the World …

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Public Health in India: Gaps in Intent, Policy, and Practice

WebThis Issue Brief is an attempt to understand the challenges before the health system in India and why these challenges persist. The year 2016 and 2017 in particular witnessed a series of tragedies so horrendous and widespread that they brought to light the deplorable state of the public health system in India. It was expected that some lessons …

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National Health Profile 2019 [PDF 4.53 MB]

WebFOREWORD. The Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI) has been releasing its annual publication "National Health Profile (NHP)" on a regular basis since 2005. It involves prolonged, systematic and genuine efforts to collect an enormous amount of national data from the Directorates of Health & Family Welfare of all the 36 States/UTs

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Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India

WebThis is a vision document for public health surveillance in India in 2035. The document defines the vision, illustrates the architecture, describes the proposed flow of information, lists key questions and considerations that are necessary to expand the scope of Public Health Surveillance in India, defines the four building blocks and lists

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Official Document: National Health Policy 2017

Web"The National Health Policy of 1983 and the National Health Policy of 2002 have served well in guiding the approach for the health sector in the Five-Year Plans. Now 14 years after the last health policy, the context has changed in four major ways. First, the health priorities are changing. Although maternal and child mortality have rapidly …

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UN Report: World Population Ageing 2020: Highlights [PDF 3.58 MB]

WebAll regions will see an increase in the size of the older population between 2020 and 2050 Globally, the share of the population aged 65 years or over is expected to increase from 9.3 per cent in 2020 to around 16.0 per cent in 2050. Population ageing is occurring alongside broader social and economic changes taking place throughout the …

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"Karunanidhi brought have-nots also to the forefront": H.V. Hande

WebThe ninety-one year old <b>Dr. H.V. Hande, former Health Minister, Tamil Nadu</b>, is a political leader who has seen the late former Chief Minister, M. Karunanidhi, from close quarters; but always as a political opponent. Hande, who practises at his hospital in Shenoy Nagar, Chennai, sits in Room #1, and attends to patients with professional …

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The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy Home Page

WebThe way forward is to transcend mere “tolerance” of minorities, and “assertively embrace” India’s diversity “as it is lived and experienced by the majority”. Excerpts from a conversation with Saptarshi Bhattacharya, Senior Coordinator, The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, in Chennai on April 03, 2024: Read More.

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COVID-19: Urban Middle Class Survey Highlights Need for …

WebThis article discusses the policy implications of findings from a survey on urban middle class 1 responses from 10 cities in India in the early phase of the pandemic. The survey, conducted between May 1, 2020, and June 12, 2020, was designed to capture the multi-dimensional experience of the pandemic and the lockdown as well as the …

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Consumer Protection Act 2019 and Health Care Services

WebThe Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (CPA), which came into effect on July 24, 2020, is expected to go a long way in serving the interests of consumers at large. In times such as at the present, with the COVID-19 pandemic raging across the country, disputes are likely to arise over the shoddy services rendered in certain segments of the …

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NATIONAL HEALTH PROFILE 2019

WebNational Health Profile 2019 V From the Director’s Desk n updated and reliable health database is the foundation of decision-making across all health system building blocks, A

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COVID-19 Compendium (October 2023): Official Information on …

WebAn up-to-date compilation of more than 1,800 official statements by the Government of India from January 17, 2020. Links to articles published by The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy on COVID-19, daily State-wise Status by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, all-India SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Testing Status by the Indian …

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COVID-19 Compendium: Official Information on COVID-19 …

WebAn up-to-date compilation of more than 1,800 official statements by the Government of India from January 17, 2020. Links to articles published by The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy on COVID-19, daily State-wise Status by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, all-India SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Testing Status by the Indian …

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Is Ayushman Bharat going to enlarge the role of the private sector …

WebPresenting the Union interim budget for 2019-’20, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal hailed the creation of Ayushman Bharat as a major achievement of the Narendra Modi government. But the design of the “world’s largest health care programme” — as it has been described — has raised the hackles of both state governments as well as that of health …

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Advisory regarding containing and management of COVID-19 …

WebMinistry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Advisory regarding containing and management of COVID-19 in National Parks/Sanctuaries/Tiger

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K. Sujatha Rao-The Hindu Centre

WebK. Sujatha Rao is a former Union Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of india. Of her 36 years service as a civil servant, she spent 20 years in the health sector in different capacities at the state and federal levels. Ms Rao was chairperson of the Portfolio Committee of the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) …

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