Governance
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...
Covid Lockdowns Leave Migrant Workers Struggling For Healthcare, Vaccination
Ahmedabad: Routinely excluded from urban healthcare systems, India's migrant workers struggled to find medical help for...
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...
8 Poorest States May Spend 30% Of Health Budgets For COVID-19 Vaccines
Mumbai and Bengaluru: India's most socioeconomically backward states may have to spend as much as 30% of their health...
