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Ayushman Bharat gets Budget boon – but what about the rest of health?

February 5, 2019 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Ayushman Bharat has reached ten lakh patients since its rollout last year in September, the Centre has announced in the 2019 Budget. The milestone was announced by Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal as he presented the 2019-20 Budget to Lok Sabha MPs on January 31st. He added that efforts are being made to expand access […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Government policy, National, News, Social issues Tagged With: access to healthcare, access to medicines, government policy, government spending on health, Health insurance, Modicare

India’s public health system is in dire straits. Yet states don’t spend health funds.

August 21, 2018 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

It is no secret that our public health system is in dire straits. With less than one doctor for every 11,000 people and shortages of hospitals, personnel and resources (especially in rural areas), many patients face difficulty availing care. It boggles the mind, then, that states aren’t making the most of the healthcare funds. Between […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Featured Stories, Government policy, National, News, Opinion, Social issues Tagged With: access to healthcare, doctors, government policy, government spending on health, Other States, Private hospitals, shortage of doctors

Modicare begins on September 25th. Here’s what we know so far.

August 15, 2018 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

The BJP government’s large-scale health insurance initiative was rolled out in some states today, to coincide with Independence Day celebrations across the country. Though some anticipated a full-scale launch of the programme, the scheme was not launched nationwide but began a gradual rollout in select states. Full rollout of the scheme is expected on September […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Featured Story, Government policy, Medicine and Research, National, News, Social issues Tagged With: access to healthcare, access to medicines, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, chhattisgarh, Delhi, government policy, government spending on health, Gujarat, Haryana, Health insurance, healthcare spending, Manipur, Modicare, Narendra Modi, Other States, out of pocket expenditure, shortage of doctors, universal healthcare, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal

Time for India to deliver on NCDs

June 1, 2018 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Time for India to deliver on NCDs. Copyright: mitrarudra / 123RF Stock Photo

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a stark warning about the threat of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). India should take note. “NCDs and mental disorders currently pose one of the biggest threats to health and development globally,” a WHO high-level independent commission on NCDs said in their report released on Friday, June 1. It added, […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Featured, Featured Stories, Government policy, Medicine and Research, National, News, Noncommunicable diseases, Opinion, Social issues Tagged With: access to healthcare, access to medicines, cancer, diabetes, Features, government policy, government spending on health, health, mental health, Modicare, noncommunicable diseases, WHO

Centre to establish 70 cancer centres, says Modi

May 24, 2018 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

The Centre will establish seventy new cancer facilities across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged. The Centre plans to erect twenty state cancer institutes and fifty tertiary cancer care centres, Modi said during a speech at the Adyar Cancer Institute in Chennai. There will be fourteen new oncology-focused All India Institutes of Medical […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Featured, Government policy, Medicine and Research, National, News, Noncommunicable diseases, Social issues Tagged With: cancer, cancer therapy, Features, government policy, government spending on health, Narendra Modi, noncommunicable diseases

Modicare: A healthcare revolution or an empty promise?

February 10, 2018 By Kerean Watts 1 Comment

The 2018 Budget contains the Modi government’s biggest commitment to healthcare to date with the announcement of the National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS). The NHPS – dubbed ‘NaMoCare’ or ‘Modicare’ by the press – is a wholesale effort to extend health coverage to 10 crore (100 million) economically vulnerable households. It is being called ‘the […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Featured, Government policy, Medicine and Research, National, News, Opinion, Social issues Tagged With: access to healthcare, doctors, Features, government, government spending on health, health, Modicare, Narendra Modi, RSBY

Madhu Pai: India’s ambitious new plan to conquer TB needs cash and commitment

October 6, 2017 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Tuberculosis (TB) kills more people today than HIV and malaria combined. In 2015, there were an estimated 10.4 million new TB cases worldwide and 1.8 million TB deaths, according to the World Health Organization. And India is at the epicentre of this global epidemic, with half a million TB deaths annually. India also accounts for 16 […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Featured, Government policy, National, News, Opinion Tagged With: government, government spending on health, health, Narendra Modi, Rotavirus, TB, universal healthcare

India’s growing population: its effect on healthcare

September 17, 2017 By Nicholas Parry Leave a Comment

Population India: copyright: luceluceluce / 123RF Stock Photo

The UN estimates that India will surpass China as the world’s most populous country in around 14 years, at which point the population will number 1.45 billion. Unlike China, which has attempted to implement controversial governmental strategies such as the one child policy, India’s population is still rapidly growing. India is currently the second most […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Featured, Government policy, International, News, Social issues Tagged With: contraception, government spending on health, health, population

Are farmers committing suicide over climate change?

August 15, 2017 By Nicholas Parry Leave a Comment

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Are climate change and suicides linked? A recent study published in the journal PNAS suggests so, drawing a correlation between increasing temperatures and suicides in India. In the words of Dr. Vikram Patel, an influential Indian psychiatrist and mental health expert with Harvard Medical School, “farming is an inherently risky occupation, with annual incomes often […]

Filed Under: Featured, Government policy, National, News, Social issues Tagged With: access to healthcare, climate change, government spending on health, health, mental health, suicide

Planned improvements for healthcare delivery in Madhya Pradesh

July 10, 2017 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Madhya Pradesh, the Heart of India? Copyright: stockillustration / 123RF Stock Photo

Healthcare services in Madhya Pradesh could become more affordable and state-of-the-art. This is thanks to plans by the state government. The state cabinet on June 13 made the decision to upgrade thirteen hospitals in the state to super-specialty status. These hospitals will be equipped more modern, specialised facilities. Treatment will also be free at the […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Featured, News Tagged With: access to healthcare, doctors, government, government spending on health, Madhya Pradesh

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