Kenya: Ruto proposes insurance reforms for universal health coverage; evokes mixed responses
The proposal will replace the current contribution system with a flat rate of 2.75 per cent of contributors’ gross salary
Roots
Worldwide, traditional medicinal systems are in the process of being modernised. Besides health care and conservation of medicinal plants, the …
AI can dangerously misinform patients: WHO calls for policies for its safe, ethical use in healthcare
Unsafe use of AI can lead to people losing faith in the technology, thereby undermining its benefits
Turmoil in academia
Tenure of Medical Council of India’s governing body set to expire; Centre unclear about next move
Spare change
Resources devoted to health care systems are neither divided equitably nor in proportion to the distribution of health problems
Environmental injustice
The poorest people in urban India live in foul environs. Research from across the world shows that the poor stand greater risks of several cancers.…
Silenced to death
The media and the government keep mum on pollution-cancer linkages and the abysmal medical help available in India against the menace
Shortage of specialist doctors: DNB course can be a way forward
Training in Diplomate National Board course has helped deal with shortage of specialists in rural areas and skewed population-…
Agony of the waiting
There is a strange calmness in the oncology department of government hospitals though it is more crowded that most other sections. Everybody waits.…