Health Policy

Uttar Pradesh to become second state after Karnataka to have state-specific health policy

UP government is in the process of finalising the state's first-ever state health policy and it is likely to be notified in the next three months.

New pharma policy will make drugs cheaper but accessibility remains a concern

According to the newly proposed draft national pharmaceutical policy, the government plans to cap trade margins to make drugs cheaper, replace brand names with names of salts or generic drugs, clamp down on unfair marketing practices and give a boost to local manufacturing to reduce dependence on imports.

Narendra Modi govt may make rules for doctors to prescribe generic drugs soon

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday indicated that his government may bring in a legal framework under which doctors will have to prescribe generic medicines, which are cheaper than equivalent branded drugs, to patients.

Child-health spending soars, but 40 million Indian children stunted

The central government’s spending on health has been changing structurally over the past two decades, from providing only nutritional supplements, such as vitamins, to a more holistic approach, from maternal health to sanitation.

Learning from the Iraq crisis: When will we treat our nurses better?

Except in rare cases, nurses are paid extremely poor salaries and are subjected to bonded conditions in most of India. It is almost a routine practice across the country to bond them for a few years at very poor salaries. To ensure that they remain bonded and silent, the hospitals retain their educational certificates.