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Malnutrition in Maharashtra: An intimate crisis

“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread”, Mahatma Gandhi said. Nearly seventy years after his death, his words are as apposite as they ever were. A national and regional tragedy The world is home to 795 million undernourished people. This equates roughly …

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Health spending down after demonetisation; rural India bears the brunt

Spending on healthcare is down by 15% in the wake of demonetisation, reports the Times of India. This does not refer to government expenditure on healthcare – which amounts to just 1.2% of the country’s GDP in 2013, among the lowest levels of health spending in the world. It refers to out-of-pocket expenditures by India’s …

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Cashless health cover for millions in Uttar Pradesh

A thumbprint will soon be enough to get access to all kinds of public and private health services for more than a million people in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh. The Times of India reported on the initiative, which is being rolled out by the State Authority for Comprehensive Health Insurance (SACHI). The programme …

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2016: the year’s health news in retrospect

2016 in India saw earthquakes, terror attacks, fires, floods, elections, and civil unrest. Amidst the year’s headlines, there were a number of important health developments too. Were they, overall, positive or negative? India Live Today took a broadly positive slant, emphasising 2016 as “the year India became free of yaws and neonatal tetanus” – alluding …

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Mental health in India: more action needed

A social media photo campaign has aimed to raise awareness of mental health disorders and needs in India. The event was organised by the Harvard US-India Initiative. Participants were invited to photograph themselves carrying placards emblazoned with mental health awareness messages and post them online with the hashtag #IndiaStopTheStigma. The campaign speaks to an issue that …

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Pneumonia, diarrhoea in India; calls to vaccinate

Every year, 5.9 million children die before reaching the age of five. Of these, 1.5 million lose their lives to pneumonia and diarrhoea. As shown in a revealing new report, India has more of these deaths than any other country. On November 11, the 2016 Pneumonia and Diarrhea Progress Report was published by the International …

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HIV law shifts focus from treatment to prevention

The HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) bill, tabled in 2014 in the Rajya Sabha regarding the rights of those testing positive for HIV is due to be introduced during the ongoing winter session this year. Approved by the cabinet last month, this bill aims to end discrimination against the estimated 2.1 million citizens living with …

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Telemedicine – a lifeline for rural India?

Health Issues India has written at length about the many inadequacies of India’s healthcare system. They are perhaps most aptly summarised by Forbes, writing “In India, public health care is free, yet years of under-investment in public health means that facilities are also grossly understaffed and under-equipped. The country also has a massive resource gap …

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