Health Finance & Governance - Page 2
Pune District’s Efforts To Reduce Child Malnutrition Bear Fruits
Darumbre, Pune district: Shivani Waghule, aged four years, in her red-coloured uniform plays around and chats with her...
Debt, Distress Sales: How Indians Pay For Healthcare
Mumbai: Ghazala* (26) and her sister took their father Imran* from Tatanagar in Jharkhand to Kolkata when he fell ill in...
Government Support Critical To Treat TB In Malnourished Patients
Rishikesh: Sita Devi (42), a mother of six, lives in an urban slum in Uttarakhand's Rishikesh. This slum area is also...
Despite Increased Spending, Health Outcomes Remain Poor in Backward States
Mumbai: The Covid-19 pandemic, and particularly its second wave, exposed serious deficiencies in the public health...
India UnderSpends On Nutrition, New Nutrition Programme Yet To Be Implemented
New Delhi: In 2021, the government consolidated several programmes for children, adolescent girls and creches,...
Watch: Reform Pathways for India's Healthcare Financing
Mumbai: In India, nearly 65% of the healthcare spending is out of pocket by individuals. The remaining 35% is highly...
What Child Stunting Numbers Tell Us About North-East Indian States
Bengaluru and Delhi: Stunting among children aged below five has increased in four northeastern Indian states, a trend...
How Incomplete Health Data On Adolescents Hamper Policy Design
New Delhi: India routinely misestimates thinness, overweight and stunting among adolescents because official data...
