Is India prepared to manage its burgeoning medical waste challenge?

Multiple shortcomings in the system and a gap between waste generation and treatment exist

In search of hope and care: Medical tourism or forced migration?

The arduous journeys of those who migrate for medical treatment in India

Chhatisgarh stalls PPP project to outsource diagnostic facilities

Centre refuses to provide funds; state government to review project

CBI gets tough on rural health mission scam in Uttar Pradesh

How Central funds meant for upgrading healthcare facilities are siphoned off

Shocks caused by COVID-19: Addressing chronic poverty, its inter-generational transfer

Any health shock causes entry into poverty for most of those who suffer from it

Healthcare algorithm in US shows racial bias

The computer algorithm reduced the number of black patients by more than half, while gave more access to the whites for high-risk health care …

India among top countries for hospital-acquired resistant infections: Study

136 million such infections globally; China, Pakistan and India bear highest burden

Electing India’s health transformation

The new government must convene a meeting of central and state health ministers annually, to build consensus across the political spectrum and …

Violence against healthcare workers in Mali doubled in 2022: Report

At least 26 health workers in Mali were kidnapped in 11 incidents while travelling to or from work

Decentralised renewable energy vital for strengthening Jharkhand's health sector

Over 13% of health sub-centres and public health centres in Jharkhand not electrified 

Indian public sector health facilities, workers should lead the fight against AMR

Both are important links across sectors; they should unleash their full impact on the life of the common man for curtailment of AMR.

Tanzania has moved its capital from Dar after a 50-year wait — but is Dodoma ready?

The new presidential offices in Dodoma were inaugurated in May 2023, 50 years after a public referendum 

Cost of setting up an AIIMs shot by 147% in just 4 years: CAG report

From 2006 to 2010, the cost of setting up an AIIMS shot by 147% under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, shows a report by the …

No health net for 3.1 bln by 2023 deadline

The World Health Organization (WHO) 13th General Programme of Work targeted universal health coverage (UHC) between 2019 and 2023

Marxists vs Paternalists vs Liberals: Where healthcare stands in India

How health as a right, investment and consumption regularly crops up in capitalist discourses 

COVID-19: Why biocide overuse needs to be addressed to tackle AMR

Excessive use of biocides can be a potential threat that could drive AMR further, underlined a WHO editorial 

India’s health expenditure down to 3.2% of GDP in 2018-19

National Health Accounts report shows out-of-pocket expenses down, but still significantly higher than global average