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Inequality between states harms health in India

‘Nations Within a Nation’ A groundbreaking new study published today in The Lancet spotlights a major concern about healthcare in India: the vast disparities between its states. ‘Nations Within a Nation’, touted as ‘the first comprehensive analysis of health in India’, shows that the ‘substantial gains in healthcare’ made by India in recent years have …

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Chhattisgarh sterilisation camp deaths: Three years on

On November 8, 2014, 140 women underwent surgery in two state-run sterilisation camps in Chhattisgarh. Five days later, thirteen of them had died. The tragedy grabbed global headlines. Three years later, it remains an open wound in India. At the time, it seemed as if there was one, easy-to-identify cause that could be addressed through …

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How Facebook is trying to help India’s blood donor shortage

Facebook is launching a way of mobilising its quarter of a billion Indians users to become blood donors.   A new feature has been unveiled on the social networking site. It aims to connect blood donors with patients, hospitals and blood banks. Rollout began on October 1, to coincide with the country’s National Blood Donor …

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Health minister Choubey tells AIIMS doctors to turn Bihar patients away

Ashwini Choubey, a health minister from Bihar, has accused Bihari patients of overcrowding the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi – and says doctors should turn them away. A ‘BJP veteran’ appointed in September, Choubey has been roundly criticised for remarks allegedly made at the launch of Mission Idradhanush, an immunization drive earlier …

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India ranking amongst highest for lung disease

The two most common lung diseases – asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – were responsible for 3.6 million deaths in 2015. This is according to a recent study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. COPD claimed the lives of 3.2 million people worldwide. Asthma was also responsible for claiming the lives of a …

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India to get 49 new cancer centres in next 3 years

The Indian government will open 49 new cancer centres throughout the next three years. “A major medical development” The initiative – called“a major medical development” by NDTV – will be implemented under the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke (NPCDCS). The NPCDCS has already seen the construction and upgrading …

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Universal healthcare: Coming soon to Karnataka

An ambitious universal healthcare scheme has been approved by the Karnataka state government. Rollout begins November 1, coinciding with the anniversary of the state’s foundation. The Rs 869 crore (US$135.85 million) initiative is expected to provide healthcare at free or heavily subsidised levels to the entire state. It will combine seven pre-existing government-sponsored health initiatives, …

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Menstrual pads: A weapon against cervical cancer?

Menstrual pads could have a role to play in the fight against cervical cancer in India.  A weapon against cervical cancer A study of rural women says analysing the blood on used menstrual pads could act as an effective screening tool for cervical cancer. The study was carried out by the Tata Memorial Hospital and …

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Healthcare devices to become more expensive under GST

Key healthcare services will become more expensive under India’s new Goods and Services Tax (GST). According to the Union Health Ministry, pacemakers and kidney dialysis are among the healthcare amenities which will witness price increases due to tax hikes. The ministry was responding to a question submitted online. It says tax increases will be 5 …

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Social caste and genetic disease

Many millions of Indians are descended from groups of fewer than a hundred people. As a result, they are more prone to some inherited diseases, according to a new study described in Nature. India is currently the second most populous nation in the world, with a population exceeding 1.3 billion. In such a large population, …

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