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Ayaskant Das
As Cases Mount, India Needs More Than Token Allocation for Tackling COVID-19
22 May 2020
The country’s total expenditure on healthcare in FY 2020 was a meagre 1.29% of its GDP taking into account the spending of both the Central and various state governments.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Union Budget: Government’s Focus on Privatising Healthcare?
01 Feb 2020
According to experts, the increase in allocation to Department of Health and Family Welfare is not enough to achieve the government’s target of making healthcare expenditure 3.5% of the GDP by the…
Ditsa Bhattacharya
ANMs Protest in Punjab Demanding Regularisation
30 Aug 2019
These workers, who are employed under NHM, also alleged that they have not received their salaries since June this year.
Newsclick Report
Govt Planning to Screen 25 Crore Children for TB, Leprosy, Experts Doubtful of Impact
29 Aug 2019
However, Lancet commission report on Tuberculosis this year estimated that it would take until 2100 to reach India’s “End TB” goals, even if it takes “extreme measures.”
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Overburdened Docs, Ill-equipped Hospitals: Chronic Disorder Continues to Grip Public Health
18 Jul 2019
“Even in the biggest government hospitals, you will see 3-4 patients sharing one bed in the general wards. And if this is the situation here, who knows what is going on in other parts of the country…
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Grim Picture of NRHM: Ailing CHCs and Shortage of Doctors
16 Jul 2019
If we look at the current state of the CHCs across the country, the IPHS norms not only seem unattainable, but also unrealistic.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
National Rural Health Mission in Shambles, What Does Budget Promise
13 Jul 2019
The allocation for NHM as a proportion of total health spending has been continuously declining since 2017.
Newsclick Team
Mid-day Meal Workers Continue to Resist "Anti-Worker" Policies of Modi Govt
10 Feb 2019
Hundreds of mid-day meal workers gathered at Jantar Mantar to raise their voices against the "anti-people" policies of the Modi govt. and demand for better wages, working conditions, and job security.
Newsclick Report
States Failing to Meet Budget Targets, Education and Health Neglected: Report
31 Dec 2018
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh registered low per capita expenditure on education and health.
Ravi Kaushal
NHM Fails to Mobilise Men For Sterilisation Reveals CRM Data
19 Jun 2018
Inaccessible facilities for male sterilisation and lack of male health workers were some of the points cited by the report.