Government launches new health programme for adolescents

Earlier schemes were confined only to sexual and reproductive health, say health officials

Get your own vaccine

Down To Earth filed an RTI application to find out the reason of vaccine shortage in India. The response revealed how a plan to promote private …

Referred to die

Infant deaths in West Bengal’s only super specialty hospital underscrore an urgent need to improve healthcare facilities in rural areas

Chhattisgarh to outsource diagnostic services in government hospitals

Activists say these centres will end up serving outside patients at the cost of hospital patients

Mission health for all

What prime minister needs to do to make good his promise on making 12th Five-Year Plan a health plan

Why infant deaths continue in north Bengal

Over 350 infants have died in spurts at the Malda district hospital in the past few years; malnourishment, overcrowding and almost non-existent …

Bihar’s ambulance service staff go on strike

They have not been paid salaries for six months; private companies operating services under PPP model blame government

Budget brings no relief to health sector

FM does not mention Universal Health Coverage, combines rural and urban health missions while making allocations

MDG-led healthcare policy not comprehensive, says report

In a Union budget wish list, civil society organisations call for course correction in policy and improving access to healthcare in India

Operation cover-up

Rat poison theory offered by the Chhattisgarh government to explain the sterilisation deaths is a facade, finds an investigation by Jyotsna Singh.…

How Rogi Kalyan Samitis play a role in ensuring self-reliant hospitals in India

The role of an RKS — or hospital management committee — to contribute to Aizawl civil hospital’s growth is worth noting

Criminal neglect takes toll on Attappady tribes

30 infants die in five months as result of malnutrition; rural development minister announces Rs 125 crore package

Push to create cadre of family doctors for rural India

Government's National Health Systems Resource Centre is finalising recommendations which are likely to seek inclusion of family medicine in MBBS …

Cradles of hope

A recent health survey throws up figures that defy logic. Some districts in India’s nine most backward states have curbed infant mortality …

Simply Put: Budget

Webcams rein in footloose doctors

Sonepur district improves ranking in rural health mission

Budget 2018: Balanced focus on rural, urban health needs will be crucial

The Centre should push for further decentralisation of health services

Cabinet approves National Urban Health Mission

Misgivings persist about implementation

Chhatisgarh stalls PPP project to outsource diagnostic facilities

Centre refuses to provide funds; state government to review project

Degree without honours

Parliamentary committee turns down a proposed three-year course in rural health

Health ministry merges TB programme with rural health mission

TB control supervision will suffer, say officials manning the programme

The Gates accounts

CBI gets tough on rural health mission scam in Uttar Pradesh

How Central funds meant for upgrading healthcare facilities are siphoned off

Uttar Pradesh engages Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to improve health, agriculture and financial services to the poor

Health activists wary

Pentavalent vaccine approved in five more states. Health ministry brushes aside safety concerns

Four children in Kerala reportedly died immediately after the vaccine was administered