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...
DataViz: As Many Children Die Before Their Fifth Birthday In Uttar Pradesh As In Afghanistan
Noida: Nearly 60 of every 1,000 children born in Uttar Pradesh die before their fifth birthday, almost as many as in...
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...
Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act Failing Women Who Need It The Most
Mumbai: A minor rape victim was forced to give birth to the child of her rapist after the Madras High Court denied her...
