Health Report Card
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India accounted for 66% of malaria cases in South-East Asia in 2022, says WHO report
India and Indonesia accounted for about 94% of all malaria deaths in the region last year, the report said.
Scroll Staff
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Three charts that show how Centre’s flagship health insurance scheme is falling short
What does the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana have to show for the time and money spent on it?
Nushaiba Iqbal, IndiaSpend.com
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The hits and misses of India’s tuberculosis policy in six charts
Reporting of cases has improved since 2012, but there’s still a long way to go.
Shreya Khaitan, IndiaSpend.com
Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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Four North Eastern states lost out on 20% funds under India’s largest public health programme
The performance-based component does not take into account existing inequalities between states, experts said.
IndiaSpend Team
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Lack of health insurance is deepening the poor-rich divide, shows survey
The 2017-’18 report shows only 10% of poorest Indians have access to health insurance. The government has withheld the latest data, citing “quality issues.”
Swagata Yadavar, HealthCheck.in
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Even after 30 years of government immunisation projects, less than 70% Indian infants are vaccinated
A lack of awareness among both citizens and health workers, immediate side-effects such as fever and misinformation plague the country; especially UP and Bihar.
Sadhika Tiwari, HealthCheck.in
Video
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Watch: Comedian sings Ed Sheeran song in the style of artists ranging from Sonu Nigam to Kumar Sanu
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Watch: Woman holds abdominal plank position for over four and half hours
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Watch: Kuno National Park posts video to celebrate cheetah cub Mukhi’s first birthday
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Watch: Migrant workers travel in train toilet owing to unavailability of seats
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Tuberculosis infection: 27% of new cases in 2017 were reported from India, says WHO
Two-thirds of the 10 million infections occurred in eight countries, with India accounting for most of them.
Scroll Staff
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In India, air pollution led to more lung diseases than smoking in 2016, finds new study
Air pollution led to 53% of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder cases in 2016 while 25.4% is attributed to tobacco use.
Scroll Staff
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Video: As rising costs make health care inaccessible to many, should private hospitals be regulated?
India ranks a dismal 154 on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index, even as private health booms.
Smitha Nair
The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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What India’s inconsistent C-section rates say about the state of its healthcare system
District-wise C-section rates are often either too high or too low. This shows underlying inequalities and the need for target-oriented policy design.
Prateek Mittal, IndiaSpend.com & Vartika Singh, IndiaSpend.com
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Tamil Nadu reports India’s fourth case of Zika
Health authorities said the patient has no history of travel to countries with the outbreak, and that the virus may have been locally transmitted.
Scroll Staff
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India’s quiet tide of childhood obesity
The problem is underestimated and transcends socio-economic differences.
Kamala Thiagarajan, Indiaspend.com
The Field
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Football: AIFF technical committee to seek answers from Igor Stimac on India’s recent display
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj