Governance

How Hospital Accreditation Can Help Improve Quality Of Care
Mount Abu, Rajasthan: When I needed to choose a hospital to get my father treated for cancer, I didn’t think twice...
UP's Shravasti Has Fewer Primary Health Centres Than The Norm
Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh: Data from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare from 2020-21 show that there is a...

Despite Increased Spending, Health Outcomes Remain Poor in Backward States
Mumbai: The Covid-19 pandemic, and particularly its second wave, exposed serious deficiencies in the public health...

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...

How A Year of Covid-19 Financially Dented India's Middle Class
New Delhi: When the second wave of Covid-19 was beginning its steep climb in India in April 2021 and most states were...

No Testing Kits, Covid Centres Shut, Oxygen Miles Away: Rural Healthcare In Covid Times
Nandurbar: When Kalubai Valvi was bitten by a snake last monsoon in Sumbipada in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, her...

Why India Needs Village-Level Data To Target Malnutrition In Children
Mumbai: India must incorporate village-level data in its policies on child malnutrition to target beneficiaries and...

When COVID Travel Bans Work, And Don't
New Delhi: As states impose fresh lockdowns of varying durations and intensity to arrest the second wave of the COVID-19...
