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The Good, the Bad and the Impossible of the 2020 Union Health Budget

Pavitra Mohan 03/02/2020

The total allocations increased modestly from Rs 62,659 crore...

Family members and relatives of their infant children wait outside the JK Lone hospital, in Kota district. Photo: PTI

Infant Deaths at Kota Hospital: Centre to Send Inspection Team on Friday

The team will conduct a gap analysis in terms...

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The Malaise of Profit and Capital Driven Healthcare

Satya Mohanty, Dr Salil Garg and Mahima Thakur 24/10/2019

Capital has a tendency of treating its workers, patients...

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Fund Transfer Delay Common Cause for Concern in States’ Health Performance

Happy Pant 03/10/2019

Why are there such jarring variations in states' overall...

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Assam Grapples With Japanese Encephalitis, Death Toll Reaches 101

The Wire Staff 23/07/2019

Several districts from Assam, including Jorhat, Golaghat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur...

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On Health and Nutrition, Budget 2019 is Lacklustre and Uninspiring

Dipa Sinha 06/07/2019

The budget does little for the most vulnerable populations such...

Culex pipiens, a vector of the Japanese encephalitis (JE) disease. Credit: treegrow/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Japanese Encephalitis Claims 45 Lives in Assam

Most of upper Assam districts, including Jorhat, Golaghat, Dibrugarh,...