For a country, where nearly 117 million people are above the age of 60, India has been ranked as low as 71 among 96 countries – much lower than almost all its Southeast Asian neighbours. This was according to the Global Age Watch Index released by Britain’s University of Southampton and Help Age International. According …
India has emerged as among the worst places in the world to grow old Read More »
Budget cuts are threatening to of India’s key health initiatives—the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) and the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP). A total of 2·1 million people in India are HIV positive and about 1·2 million new cases of tuberculosis are diagnosed every year. For a decade, under the NACP the government has …
Budget cuts threaten AIDS and tuberculosis control in India – Lancet Read More »
A well written article in qz.com talks about the state of Tamil Nadu in South India and how for decades, successive governments in this state have focused on improving healthcare access for pregnant women. Tamil Nadu, has been know to have well-planned and well-implemented health care and monetary programmes for Maternal and Child Health (MCH). …
India’s healthcare sector is expected to be USD 280 billion in size by 2020, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 16 per cent, but it is in “dire need” of right policy framework and infrastructure push, says a FICCI-KPMG report. The report further said healthcare is traditionally seen as a social sector in …
Indian healthcare to grow to $280 bn by 2020: Report Read More »
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