Hospitals Inflated Drug Prices By Up To 1,737%: Govt Regulator. 8 Days...
New Delhi: On March 1, 2018, Bhupendra Singh, the head of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) with a...
50% Rise In Diabetes Deaths Across India Over 11 Years
With a genetic predisposition brought to the fore by changing lifestyles, deaths due to diabetes increased 50% in India...
1 Year Left For Swachh Bharat Deadline; 54% Rural Households Defecate In Open
New Delhi: About four (38.9%) of ten Indian households defecated in the open, according to the latest national health...
Budget 2018: India’s Healthcare Crisis Is Holding back National Potential
India has the world’s highest population of stunted children--short for their age--and the country’s failing primary...
India Is Unprepared For Its Gathering Teen Sexual Revolution
New Delhi: One in four Indian women (26.8%) is married before 18, and 7.8% of women aged 15 to 19 are pregnant or...
With 4th-Highest Shortfall of Specialists, Gujarat Commissions ‘Child Doctors’
New Delhi: With India’s fourth-highest shortfall of specialists nationwide, Gujarat has announced a controversial...
India Has Prevented 1 Million Child Deaths Since 2005; Poorer States, Rural Areas Lag
India prevented 1 million deaths among children under five years of age between 2005 and 2015. Three million more deaths...
