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Dr. Suchita Krishnaprasad
Why Anganwadi and ASHAs are Essential Workers and not Volunteers
07 Aug 2021
Shedding light on the exploitative legal status of Anganwadi workers and Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), who are technically volunteers and therefore paid an honorarium below the minimum…
Newsclick Report
20 Years of Jan Swasthya Abhiyan: Putting People at Centre of Healthcare
01 Dec 2020
The comprehensive approach – an approach that does not limit healthcare to medicalised treatment, but involves a broader understanding of society, culture and political economy of the country and the…
Nupur Dogra
Accredited Social Health Activists Struggle for Survival
28 Aug 2020
Since the lockdown began there have been numerous reports about ASHA workers and their family members contracting the virus and dying.
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…
Newsclick Report
After Massive March, Karnataka ASHA Workers Decide to Boycott Work Indefinitely
04 Jan 2020
About 30,000 ASHA workers under the banner of Karnataka State Samyukta ASHA Workers’ Association marched from City Railway Station to Freedom Park in Bengaluru.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
West Bengal’s Public Healthcare Struggles with Lack of Staff
01 Oct 2019
The public-funded healthcare in West Bengal, like several other states across the country, struggles with lack of proper infrastructure and shortage of doctors and staff.
Nileena S.B
Tamil Nadu Village Nurses Protest Against Government’s Negligence
29 Jul 2019
The nurses alleged that they are overburdened with excessive documentation work, while malfunctioning software often lead to their victimisation by authorities.
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.
Amit Sengupta
Importance of Public Services in Health Care
22 Oct 2013
In India, as well as in many developing countries, there is wide acceptance that the present health care system needs serious reforms. There is, however, very limited consensus on the shape and…