Prevention is cure
When preventive measures can fight encephalitis, is there a need for treatment in ill-equipped primary health centres?
Delivering safety
All safe motherhood programmes of the government are focused on institutional deliveries, but health centres are in disarray. Experts suggest …
Millions still lack access to essential health services, says WHO report
Lack of universal health coverage pushed people into extreme poverty in 37 countries
Pills for polls
The free medicine scheme in Rajasthan may benefit Congress
Regulate stent prices to prevent exploitation of patients: health campaigners
While the government fixes the prices of stents, it must also take urgent action to investigate corrupt practices and overcharging
Treatment of sexually transmitted infections getting tougher due to antimicrobial resistance
World Health Organization has now issued new guideines for three such infections
All health conditions should get insurance cover, except maternity, infertility: IRDAI
The authority recommends uniformity in health insurance policies to ensure the beneficiaries are not misguided or cheated based on technicalities
Ayushman Bharat: What PM did not tell in the last I-Day speech of his tenure
There are chances that the scheme will just see a formal launch on September 25 and won’t be rolled out across the country
We are running out of antibiotics, says WHO
Report says antibiotics, which are almost in the pipeline as far as research goes, will fail to combat the growing threat of AMR
Lok Sabha passes Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill; paid leaves increase
Women with two surviving children will now be entitled to increased maternity leave from 12 weeks to 26 weeks
Government issues draft guidelines for kidney donation
Hospitals in NCR cities will be included in the network along with hospitals of Delhi for the purpose of organ sharing and allocation
Checks on drug trials
Court intervention prompts guidelines for drug trials. Pharmaceutical companies lobby to dilute them
At atom's mercy
A treaty that prevents WHO from reporting on effects of nuclear radiation
First ever case of H7N4 afflicting a human being reported in China
The virus, identified by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, is of avian origin
‘They stole my womb’: Doctors mislead thousands of women to get their uterus removed
DTE found most women who have undergone hysterectomy to be under 30, not needing the surgery
Indian kids under the grip of type-1 diabetes
World Diabetes Atlas 2015 highlighted that more than 70,000 children are affected by type-1 diabetes in India
Public’s private peeve
Will Bihar’s failed model of outsourcing diagnostic services work in Chhattisgarh?
Is the government reconsidering the clinical establishments Act?
With stiff opposition from private players, the fate of the clinical establishments Act seems to be at risk
Central Government Health Schemes now open to all senior citizens in Delhi
Doctors will now have to prescribe only those medicines and procedures that have been listed under schemes
Budget banks on insurance; neglects deteriorating public healthcare
Stress on insurance poised to benefit the private sector
Flawed legislation
Centre’s law to regulate healthcare system faces resistance in many states
In Rajasthan, many newborns have not been vaccinated for eight days now
Health services are hit since 12,000 health workers are on strike to demand better salaries and timely promotion
Health insurance schemes unlikely to work without strong public health sector
In poor health part 5: While pan-India enrollment to Rashtriya Suraksha Bima Yojna is declining, number of beneficiaries has increased in …
Inequality in health indicators on the rise in India: Economic Survey
The Economic Survey says that progress in healthcare has been slower than other countries equal in progress and GDP per capita
WHO recommends faster and cheaper treatment for Multi-Drug Resistant TB
This is a critical step forward in tackling the MDR-TB public health crisis, says organisation