Budget 2020-21: Just as Anganwadi workers will be equipped with smartphones, frontline health workers too must be technology enabled to…
Those who studied ‘undernutrition’ saw underweight, wasted or stunted children, or thin and anaemic adults as deficient in calories and…
Madhya Pradesh will focus on access to clean water, nutrition, & other factors impacting health, apart from access to healthcare.…
The fault lines of the Indian healthcare system, especially those of our understaffed and under-skilled health workforce, are in urgent…
Two messages come through from the Indian experience: First, strong primary health care is essential to achieve the maximum impact.…
Effective risk communication to the public is vital, to enable it to adopt preventive personal protection measures, seek timely medical…
What’s in a name?”, asked a plaintive Romeo Montague, as he sought to woo Juliet of the Capulets. That question…
Budget 2018: The action plan is aimed at reducing the out-of-pocket spending on health to 50% by 2020 from 63.4%…
The National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 29, 2017, proposes sweeping changes for medical…
Lowering of cut-offs represents a recognition of the progressive up-slope of the risk association.
Failures in policy, planning and regulation have led to poor performance of health systems. Gorakhpur should spur corrective action.
About eleven years ago, I was challenged about the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) being set up as a…
The Prime Minister’s call for innovative technologies to provide breakthrough solutions is most relevant for the health sector
