Health issues in India
India remains the second highest country in terms of tobacco consumption. This is despite a reduction in the last decade. Alarming figures such as the overwhelming rate of tobacco consumption in states such as Mizoram, in which 80.4 percent of men consume tobacco products, have long concerned health agencies. To mark International No Tobacco Day […]
The defunding of one of India’s biggest health NGOs over accusations of financial mismanagement made headlines recently. In terms of healthcare, will such actions do more harm than good? The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) had its licence for foreign funding revoked in April. As Health Issues India noted at the time, the move […]
The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) has been accused of misusing funds acquired from the Gates Foundation. It has been stripped of its right to foreign funding by the Home Ministry as a result. The PHFI is a public-private initiative, launched in 2006 by the then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2006. Its aim is […]
