Odisha govt launches boat ambulance for remote villages
Waterborne diseases are common in the riverside villages, and villagers had to travel for 20 km to reach a health centre
Bulk of India’s COVID-19 cases and deaths concentrated in 20 cities: Study
Tourism, better air connectivity and high population density major causes behind urban areas being hubs of COVID-19
Ambulance emergency
India desperately needs timely and affordable transport for effective healthcare delivery
GDP loss due to COVID-19 will lead to higher mortality
As economies take a tumble in states, expect a toll bigger than the pandemic itself
Why 275,000 National Health Mission workers have been protesting for 3 years
National Health Mission workers are up in arms, demanding salary and perks at par with the government's regular staff
No health without wealth
The latest NSSO data shows that people are being forced to take loans and sell assets for treatment as the government healthcare system deteriorates
Hypertension in Dhankot
Residents from Dhankot village, Haryana, believe that chronic alcohol abuse among men is stressing out families and therefore leading to …
78% MPs yet to identify villages for development under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
With just nine months to go, Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, a scheme that is low on priority of the Lok Sabha and Rajya MPs, is way off the target …
Malaria biggest killer of kids in Chhattisgarh, says report
Community-based survey report shows malaria prevalence is what differentiates high mortality districts from low mortality ones
Discomfort zone
Substandard sanitary napkins plague government’s healthcare scheme; help from community seems to be the only way out
Official document exposes government’s intent to incentivise sterilisation
Fourteen women had died and 140 others were left ill after a botched sterilisation drive in Chhattisgarh
Japanese encephalitis on the rise in Assam, spreads to almost all districts
160 persons have died of the disease since May; state government yet to respond to notice of state human rights commission on failing to tackle …
Public’s private peeve
Will Bihar’s failed model of outsourcing diagnostic services work in Chhattisgarh?
Promises alone cannot improve people’s health; government should know that
Now, government has promised ‘world’s largest health scheme’ whose implementation is not possible, at least in 2018.
Here are some solutions to address health challenges faced by tribal communities
Skilling and support to nurses and midwives will help in ensuring the provision of a responsive healthcare
COVID-19: One nation, one ration card turns spotlight on 2017 govt report
The Union govt report had asked states to remove provisions that restricted migrants in accessing PDS benefits
Rags to pads
Self-help groups making low-cost sanitary napkins are ready to supply them to rural 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.…
Pentavalent vaccine deaths prompt doctors, activists to appeal to health secretary
Five-in-one vaccine introduced in Haryana without evaluating what happened in Tamil Nadu, Kerala
When birth control means business
Government’s scheme to give monetary remuneration to health workers for counselling couples on family planning may just backfire, says …
How tribal leadership in Chhattisgarh is helping people access rights
The civil society’s intervention in the tribal regions began in early 1980s on two issues-sustainable livelihood, particularly in forest …
Junior doctors protest mandatory rural posting for PG admission
Health officials say if medical graduates have problems with poor infrastructure they should demand better facilities instead of making it an …
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 …
Health Act faces hurdles
Centre drafts guidelines to regulate clinical establishments; Indian Medical Association resists
Maternal and neonatal mortality rate high despite improvement in childbirth practices
A study conducted in public health centres in Uttar Pradesh shows complying to essential childbirth practices did not significantly alter …