Health Finance & Governance - Page 4
'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...
India’s Burn-Care Management Suffers From Lack Of Data, Beds, Trained Medics
Ujjain: It was April 14, 2019, the day of Vaisakhi that marks the spring harvest festival in large parts of India....
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,...
In Rajasthan, India’s First Right-To-Healthcare Law Takes Shape
New Delhi and Jaipur: The image of a tribal who carried the corpse of his dead wife for 12 km after a local government...
