Nearly 1.5 billion people were either obese or overweight in the world, according to the report based on data till 2008....

One of India’s biggest challenges is delivering affordable healthcare to its millions, particularly the poor. Many...

Highlights *12th Plan allocation for Health Ministry is Rs 300,018 crore or approximately Rs 60,000 crore per...

Highlights *Cost of medicine is the largest driver of out-of-pocket health expenditure *Absence of doctors...

Highlights * Gujarat has among the lowest doctor density ratio (1.5) in rural areas as against the national average...

Highlights * Only 34% under-5 children received two full doses of vitamin A supplements in 2010 * While Assam...

Some 0.7 million new cases of cancer are reported every year in India. It is estimated that there are 2.5 million cancer...