Health Expenditure

Payment for healthcare services is making the world poorer, says World Bank-WHO report on universal health coverage

At least half the world’s population is unable to access them and many others are forced into extreme poverty by having to pay for healthcare services they cannot afford

Dengue, malaria deaths rise in Delhi despite growing health expenditure and claims of health revolution

Despite rising expenditure in the health sector, both communicable and non-communicable diseases continue to claim lives in rather big numbers, shows white paper on Delhi’s health sector released by Praja Foundation on Thursday.

National Health Policy 2017: Experts say expenditure target low as compared to neighbouring countries

The target of increasing health expenditure to 2.5% of GDP by 2025, set by the National Health Policy 2017, is very low in comparison to what has been achieved by the neighbouring countries

Budget 2013: Just money won't help public health, we need state incentives

If anybody thought that Centre’s extra allocation will make a major difference, here is the reality - the real impetus for universal healthcare should actually come from the states which account for 85% of the country’s government-spend.