1 In 5 Multidrug-Resistant Patients Do Not Complete Treatment,...
New Delhi: Nearly one in five multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) patients put on treatment in the public sector...
‘India Can’t Arrest Child Stunting If It Can’t Fight Poverty’
Carlos Monteiro, professor of nutrition and public health at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, played active roles in...
Improving Slowly, India Ranks 145 Among 195 Countries on Healthcare Access and Quality
New Delhi: India has improved its ranking on a global healthcare access and quality (HAQ) index from 153 in 1990 to 145...
High Blood Pressure Killed 1.6 Mn Indians In 2016, But Most Are Unaware Of Its Dangers
New Delhi: Hypertension or high blood pressure affects nearly three in ten Indians and is responsible for 17.5% of all...
Nipah Contained, But More Than 80% Cases From Similar Brain Fevers Are Undiagnosed
New Delhi: Kerala health minister KK Shailaja announced on June 10, 2018, that the state’s Nipah virus infection (NiV),...
Rs 3: Amount India Spends Every Day On Each Indian’s Health
New Delhi: The amount India spends on public health per capita every year is Rs 1,112, less than the cost of a single...
Fighting Drug-Resistant TB: What India Can Learn From South Africa’s Successes
Johannesburg, Cape Town, Khayelitsha (South Africa): In July 2017, 40-year-old Noludwe Mabandlela, a single mother of...
Budget 2019 May Pump Money Into Ayushman Bharat But Bleed Other Core Health Schemes
New Delhi: Health seemed to have finally become a part of India’s political agenda when Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya...
