WHO’s essential diagnostics list could change the way patients think of access to treatment

So far, the availability of essential tests and diagnostics have widely been considered as facilities that patients and their families have to pay for.

Leena Menghaney

· Jun 27, 2018 · 02:30 pm

Tamil Nadu experiment to strengthen health centres has lessons for Modi government

Catastrophic expenditure on health remains one of the major contributors to poverty in India.

Adithyan GS

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Nafis Faizi

· Jun 13, 2018 · 02:30 pm

Health care is an essential human right – and so is a proper diagnosis

Countries globally should adopt and adapt the World Health Organisation's new Essential Diagnostics List as a key step in the management of all diseases.

Madhukar Pai, The Conversation

· May 19, 2018 · 02:30 pm

After Delhi and Kerala, Hyderabad bolsters primary healthcare with new basti dawakhanas

Like Delhi’s mohalla clinics, the basti dawakhanas provide diagnosis and treatment for minor ailments free of cost.

Ayesha Minhaz

· May 14, 2018 · 02:30 pm

Amid bidding war for India’s Fortis hospital chain, questions over board’s legitimacy remain

‘All its current members have had past tenured relationships either with the Singh brothers, or with companies of the group’, an IiAS report said.

Sriram Iyer, qz.com

· May 04, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Cabinet extends scheme for setting up new AIIMS, state medical colleges by two years

The Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana will now run until 2019-’20.

Scroll Staff

· May 03, 2018 · 02:51 pm

After RSS letter, Centre may leave out cervical cancer shot from immunisation scheme: Indian Express

The letter had claimed that including the HPV vaccine in the programme will divert ‘scarce resources from more worthwhile health initiatives’.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 10, 2018 · 02:11 pm

Bill Gates to help Uttar Pradesh fight encephalitis

In 2017, the disease affected 4,772 children; 588 of them died.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 18, 2017 · 11:11 am

West Bengal: Doctor suspended for Facebook posts on government hospitals treating dengue patients

The state Health Department deemed his comments ‘derogatory to the hospital administration’.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 11, 2017 · 07:31 pm

Lectures, workshops, philanthropy: How immigrant scientists can give back to their homelands

There is no single approach that works for all.

Madhukar Pai

· Oct 11, 2017 · 08:30 pm

In one Jharkhand hospital, too many patients, too few doctors and a large number of child deaths

India has always had too many avoidable child deaths. Most are due to overburdened hospitals and medical staff.

Anumeha Yadav

· Sep 08, 2017 · 02:30 pm

No lessons learnt: Why Delhi is staring at dengue, chikungunya outbreaks yet again this year

Delhi High Court pulls up Centre, state government and civic agencies for not taking preventive steps against vector-borne diseases.

Abhishek Dey

· May 23, 2017 · 06:30 am