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By Nachiket Mor |
Just over five years have now passed since the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), launched in 2018, came into…
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A study of older (45+) Indian adults recently published in the journal Preventive Medicine finds that while several…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The findings of the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2023 in respect of India should not be allowed to be side-tracked by the…
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Health services have traditionally been understood to be about patients reaching a clinic, hospital or a defined place…
By Lekha Rattanani |
Success, and the accolades that come with it, can hide many problems. Something similar may be happening in the space…
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While resolution of the conflict can only occur through sustained political effort and inter-community reconciliation,…
By Nachiket Mor |
It is true that we cannot ignore the more commen ailments which, too, cause death and devastation in families, but…
By Lekha Rattanani |
The Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Christopher Wray has now come out to say that…
By Jagdish Rattanani, Pavitra Mohan |
A landmark piece of legislation that promises to make healthcare a fundamental right has run into unseemly opposition…
By Pavitra Mohan |
September 23 in many senses is a landmark day in the context of India’s long and winding road to treating healthcare as…
By Jagdish Rattanani, T Jacob John |
India’s ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) as well as the Indian media appear to be pleased that the nation’…
By Jagdish Rattanani, T Jacob John |
The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated the number of deaths in India directly or indirectly attributable to…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
In an unrelated 2018 investigation, the NPPA reported “unethical profiteering in a failed market system”, with some…