Health Finance & Governance - Page 2
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...
Government Support Critical To Treat TB In Malnourished Patients
Rishikesh: Sita Devi (42), a mother of six, lives in an urban slum in Uttarakhand's Rishikesh. This slum area is also...
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...
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...
How Incomplete Health Data On Adolescents Hamper Policy Design
New Delhi: India routinely misestimates thinness, overweight and stunting among adolescents because official data...
What Kerala's COVID-19 'Failure' Can Tell Us About India's 'Success'
Chennai: India witnessed a peak of one million active COVID-19 cases in mid-September 2020, followed by a consistent...
