Health Finance & Governance - Page 3
India May Be Reversing Decades Of Progress On Child Nutrition, New...
Chennai: India could be seeing an increase in child undernutrition, reversing decades of gains, early data from the...
'Patent Battles Could Choke COVID-19 Drugs Pipeline'
New Delhi: India and South Africa are currently leading a call at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for intellectual...
PPE Priced High In Private Hospitals, While Public Hospitals Face Shortage
New Delhi: Saima Furqan’s 60-year-old uncle was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi with COVID-19 in April 2020....
From Financial Capital To COVID-19 Capital: What Went Wrong In Mumbai
Navi Mumbai: With a flimsy mask, rubber gloves and a bottle of hand sanitiser, Nikhil*, 40, a healthcare worker with...
2019 Health Wrap Up: There’s Progress But India’s Health Systems Need Strengthening
New Delhi: From a continued decline in infant and maternal mortality to inadequate funding for healthcare, from poor...
90% Of India’s Poorest Have No Health Insurance
New Delhi: Only about 10% of the poorest one-fifth of Indians in rural (10.2%) and urban India (9.8%) had any form of...
Staff Shortages, Fund Crunch/Delays Imperil India’s Healthcare Delivery System
New Delhi: Public spending on healthcare has not crossed 1.28% of India’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the last...
Two Key Health Datasets Differ, Reveal Incorrect Reporting By States
New Delhi: India’s progress on public healthcare has failed to keep up with its economic growth over the past decades,...
