Health Finance & Governance

Despite Increased Spending, Health Outcomes Remain Poor in Backward...
Mumbai: The Covid-19 pandemic, and particularly its second wave, exposed serious deficiencies in the public health...
India UnderSpends On Nutrition, New Nutrition Programme Yet To Be Implemented
New Delhi: In 2021, the government consolidated several programmes for children, adolescent girls and creches,...

Watch: Reform Pathways for India's Healthcare Financing
Mumbai: In India, nearly 65% of the healthcare spending is out of pocket by individuals. The remaining 35% is highly...

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...

'Countries With Leaders Supporting Science See Better Outcomes'
Mumbai: In 2005, then United States President George W. Bush read a book called The Great Influenza by John M. Barry on...

West Bengal Outperformed States That Implemented PM's Health Insurance Scheme, On Key Indicators
New Delhi: In this year's Economic Survey 2020-21, released ahead of the Union budget, the central government singled...

'We Should Build A Political Demand For High Quality Healthcare For All'
Mumbai: "India's economy rides on the health of its people", wrote K. Srinath Reddy, president of the Public Health...

Despite Pandemic, Health Budget Sees Little Real Increase
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a new healthcare scheme--the Pradhan Mantri Atma Nirbhar Swasth...
