health policy

An ambulance arrives as people stand at the entrance of the emergency department of a government-run hospital in New Delhi, November 22, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Saumya Khandelwal

Modi Government Cuts Planned Funding for National Health Mission By Almost 20%

Aditya Kalra and Tommy Wilkes 23/11/2017

The federal finance ministry in August renewed the National...

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Why Are Children Still Dying of Vaccine-Preventable Diphtheria?

Anup Agarwal and Yogesh Jain 26/10/2017

Poor implementation of routine immunisation programmes has led to...

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As US Presses Against Price Cap on Medical Devices, India Needs to Hold Health Above Trade

K.M. Gopakumar 26/10/2017

The US medical device industry's allegation on the denial...

Because 80% of rare diseases are genetic, children often bear the burden. Representative image credit: PTI

Government Submits Rare Disease Policy to Delhi HC, Recommends Rs 100 Crore for Genetic Diseases

Anoo Bhuyan 26/05/2017

In November 2016, the Delhi high court had ordered...

Medical specialists in Bangalore. Credit: ryanready/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

This Project Could Do for Health What RTI Did for Governance

Kiran Kumbhar 26/10/2015

At a time when numbers move governments, simply disseminating...