We at HII have constantly emphasised that health issues in India are not treated as socio-political issues. Our spending on health, as a percentage of GDP, is below countries like Rwanda and Bangladesh. Millions of impoverished people still have to travel hundreds of kilometres to cities like New Delhi and wait in long lines to […]
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Health Issues India has been committed to tracking stories about the healthcare situation in India stories that outline progress made by India in order to ensure better health outcomes to all. A global study of health indicators released a few days ago has outlined how much India still needs to achieve in order to ensure that
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We have written before on HII about the shortage of doctors in India, especially amongst the rural population, and how the ratio of doctors to patients in India fall far below WHO norms. However, we have also written about how more doctors is not necessarily the solution for better health outcomes, especially in the context
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A lot of the research conducted by the team at Health Issues India has revolved around carrying out semi-structured, in-depth interviews with policymakers and bureaucrats who are a part of the landscape of the healthcare sector in India. Over the last year, a lot of stakeholders have expressed their concerns about the “Make in India” concept
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According to the WHO, the number of cancer cases in India will multiply five times by the year 2025. There is also a severe lack of qualified oncologists in the country with only one oncologist per 2000 patients. Health Issues India has been tracking this alarming news over the past few months. A recent internal
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The floodwaters in Chennai have now receded but has left behind a huge urban disaster. Hundreds have been killed, many more are still missing and thousands have been displaced. Now, the city has to fight the threat of infectious diseases as sewage and uncleared garbage lies around the streets waiting to be cleared. This article in
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I came across an article written by Dr. Aniruddha Malpani, who is an IVF specialist in India and writes on improving patient knowledge and patient-doctor relationships. He talks about why doctors sometimes are a hindrance in the healthcare system. He was a part of a panel at the Health 2.0 conference in Bangalore on –
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I found an Op Ed in the Albany Tribune by Graham Peebles, which is eye opening as he talks about healthcare in India, India’s ‘growth’, “which according to him has produced umpteen rupee resplendent billionaires who live in decadent luxury in the cities” and the many challenges that the country continues to face which include
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Here is an important initiative which aims to reach out to cancer patients in rural India, who do not have access to quality health care. As reported in the Times of India, Bangalore, nearly 75% of cancer cases are diagnosed at an advanced stage. To reach out to the rural population, the Mazumdar Shaw Medical
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