In 2023, Lifestyle Diseases, TB & Climate Change Posed Challenges To...
Mumbai: The year 2023 saw the World Health Organization (WHO) announce the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, with WHO...
Ageing India Needs Better Primary Care, Universal Health Coverage
Noida: By the year 2050, one in five Indians will be over the age of 60, twice the proportion in 2022. India’s average...
Three Charts On Ayushman Bharat’s Achievements And Shortfalls
Noida: About 63 million people in India fall below the poverty line each year because of healthcare costs. Ayushman...
#TIL: Who Wins If India’s Patent Rules For Drugs Are Amended?
Noida: Nandita Venkatesan (33) lost 90% of her hearing in both ears in her fight against drug-resistant tuberculosis in...
AYUSH Doctors Fill In Public Healthcare Gaps By Providing Allopathic Medicines
Bhopal, Nashik and Mumbai: The hamlets of Vaviharsh and Deogaon, 49 km from Nashik city, have buildings meant to house a...
Debt, Distress Sales: How Indians Pay For Healthcare
Mumbai: Ghazala* (26) and her sister took their father Imran* from Tatanagar in Jharkhand to Kolkata when he fell ill in...
1 Billion Vaccine Doses, But Women, Tribals Lag
Benaulim, Goa and Noida, Uttar Pradesh: India has administered 1.07 billion doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, but an...
38% Of Indian Children Under 4--Poor And Rich Alike--Are Stunted: Study
Mumbai: Over one-fifth (22%) of children belonging to India’s richest households are short for their age (or stunted as...