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

· Jul 10, 2020 · 07:30 pm

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

· Dec 23, 2019 · 01:30 pm

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

· Dec 08, 2019 · 09:30 pm

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

· Nov 11, 2019 · 07:30 pm

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

· Sep 20, 2018 · 12:10 pm

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

· Sep 13, 2018 · 10:09 am

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

· Nov 21, 2017 · 08:45 am

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

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Vartika Singh, IndiaSpend.com

· Aug 09, 2017 · 02:30 pm

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

· Jul 10, 2017 · 07:20 pm

India’s quiet tide of childhood obesity

The problem is underestimated and transcends socio-economic differences.

Kamala Thiagarajan, Indiaspend.com

· May 07, 2016 · 09:30 pm

Mizoram shows how good sanitation can reduce child malnutrition

As many as 92% households in the state had access to sanitation at the end of the 2011 Census, against 82% in the 2001 census.

Prachi Salve and Saumya Tewari, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 07, 2016 · 09:30 pm

Indian states that keep mothers healthy have the healthiest children

A reason why the facilities were improved was to meet the Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality ratio to 109 per 100,000 live births by 2015.

Prachi Salve and Saumya Tewari, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 06, 2016 · 09:30 pm