The numbers don’t tell the real story: Centre’s ambitious telemedicine initiative is struggling

Doctors and health workers, under pressure, are having to game the system to meet eSanjeevani targets.

Tabassum Barnagarwala

· Jan 13, 2023 · 06:30 am

Measles became a bigger ‘threat’ to the world while it was focused on Covid-19

Nearly 40 million children missed at least one measles vaccine dose in 2021.

Michael Head, The Conversation

· Dec 09, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Consider administering additional measles vaccine dose in vulnerable areas, Centre tells states

The Union health ministry issued the communication amid a sharp spike in cases of the disease in Mumbai.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 24, 2022 · 10:55 am

To tackle the challenge of antimicrobial resistance, India must look beyond just medical factors

The country must understand the deep socio-economic roots of this problem such as poverty, inequality and a lack of access to civic infrastructure.

Akshay Bhagwat

· Nov 22, 2022 · 07:30 am

In Uttarakhand, the government is falling short in supporting tuberculosis patients

The financial scheme to assist malnourished patients isn’t being uniformly implemented.

Varsha Singh, IndiaSpend.com

· Oct 25, 2022 · 01:30 pm

How mass gatherings like the Kanwar Yatra cause episodic pollution

Without adequate waste management infrastructure, mass gatherings can end up polluting water, land and the air.

Jigyasa Mishra

· Sep 15, 2022 · 01:30 pm

Over 47% antibiotics used in India in 2019 were unapproved, says study

Azithromycin and cefixime, used to treat bacterial infections, were the most consumed medicines.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 07, 2022 · 06:21 pm

What a fact check of Modi’s claims about improved health infrastructure reveals

Official data indicates that two claims made by the prime minister were true while two needed additional context and one was misleading.

Divyani Dubey, Factchecker.in

· Aug 30, 2022 · 01:30 pm

How true is the health minister’s claim that India’s doctor-population ratio exceeds WHO guidelines?

Ayush doctors were included to inflate the number. Further, the country does not have accurate data on the number of practicing healthcare professionals.

Divyani Dubey, Factchecker.in

· Aug 05, 2022 · 01:30 pm

Why monkeypox isn’t likely to develop into a pandemic as devastating as Covid-19

The monkeypox virus is much less contagious than the circulating strains of coronavirus and much less deadly.

Kathryn H Jacobsen, The Conversation

· Jul 22, 2022 · 07:30 pm

Six charts that show the state of India’s health before it was hit by Covid-19

In 2019, food poisoning and diarrhoea were the main disease outbreaks in the country.

Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com

· Nov 29, 2021 · 07:30 pm

Wasting children, anaemic women: National Family Health Survey data shows troubling reversals

Higher levels of obesity suggest even those who do not go hungry get poor nutrition.

Tabassum Barnagarwala

· Nov 26, 2021 · 09:00 am