In India’s backward states, health outcomes remain poor despite higher government spending

While the 15th Finance Commission maintained states’ higher share of central taxes, the increase is inadequate considering low health spending per capita.

Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com

· May 24, 2022 · 07:30 pm

In rural Himachal Pradesh, some women have to walk for kilometres in snow to get maternal healthcare

India accounted for 12% of the world’s total maternal deaths in 2017, second only to Nigeria.

Kumar Divyanshu, IndiaSpend.com

· Apr 14, 2022 · 01:30 pm

Interview: ‘No nation has achieved equitable healthcare without spending on public health’

President of the Public Health Foundation of India K Srinath Reddy and president of the Centre for Policy Research Yamini Aiyar discuss the health budget.

Govindraj Ethiraj, IndiaSpend.com

· Feb 14, 2022 · 09:30 pm

On key health indicators, West Bengal outperforms many states that offer PM’s insurance scheme

Data shows the reality is more complicated than the Centre’s claims on the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.

Anoo Bhuyan, IndiaSpend.com

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Nileena Suresh, IndiaSpend.com

· Apr 15, 2021 · 01:30 pm

K Sujatha Rao interview: India must learn from Covid-19, boost public healthcare and surveillance

‘We wasted two months in March and April because we did not have coronavirus testing kits and laboratories’, says former Union health secretary.

Govindraj Ethiraj, IndiaSpend.com

· Sep 02, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Gujarat: At least 522 infants died between October and December in two civil hospitals

Between the months of October and December, a total of 269 children died in the hospital in Rajkot while 253 infants died in the Ahmedabad facility.

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· Jan 06, 2020 · 11:08 am

Gujarat: CM Rupani ignores query about deaths of over 200 infants in Rajkot hospital since October

News reports claimed that as many as 1,235 infants died in the Rajkot civil hospital last year – the highest, 134, in December alone.

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· Jan 05, 2020 · 03:47 pm

Bihar AES deaths: Nitish Kumar says ‘expressing grief not enough, matter is very serious’

The chief minister told the state Assembly that experts and doctors had been unable to reach a consensus on the possible reason for the disease.

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· Jul 01, 2019 · 04:44 pm

Bihar: One more child dies due to encephalitis in Muzaffarpur, toll goes up to 154

The state health department’s data showed that 23 out of 40 districts were affected due to the outbreak.

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· Jun 26, 2019 · 07:30 pm

Growing fear about vaccination (including in India) is bringing back eradicated diseases

India commissioned a study on vaccine hesitancy after diseases long prevented by vaccines, such as diphtheria, resurfaced in parts of the country.

Madhurima Shukla

· Mar 30, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Cabinet approves proposal for three new AIIMS in Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat

In Jammu and Kashmir, the facilities will be set up in Samba and Pulwama, while in Gujarat, the centres will be set up in Rajkot.

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· Jan 11, 2019 · 07:45 am

Chhattisgarh: Woman whose infant fell into hospital dustbin and died gets compensation of Rs 1 lakh

The National Human Rights Commission had ordered the state government to give her the compensation. The incident took place in March 2016.

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· Nov 04, 2018 · 07:45 pm