Public Healthcare

Furious backlash in Brazil after health ministry decides to withhold crucial coronavirus statistics

On Friday, Brazil’s health ministry took down the website where it had been reporting coronavirus statistics. And then, when it came back online Saturday, the site omitted the historical data — leaving out how many people had already been infected or killed because of the virus

Battling coronavirus outbreak: How South Korea flattened the curve of pandemic, and lessons for the world

Though South Korea is sometimes portrayed as having averted an epidemic, thousands of people were infected and the government was initially accused of complacency. Its approach to testing was designed to turn back an outbreak already underway.

Narendra Modi announces 21-day nationwide lockdown from midnight in bid to contain coronavirus

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown from 12 am in bid to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus in India

India's National ART Programme to combat HIV would not have seen light of day if not for Sushma Swaraj

Sushma Swaraj was made Union health minister in January 2003 and continued until May 2004 when India went for the Lok Sabha polls

India's public healthcare: Moving from 'biggest' to 'finest' infrastructure a must

Will the right healthcare system move India from a developing to a developed nation?

Narendra Modi launches Ayushman Bharat scheme: All you need to know about 'world's largest' health plan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced the launch of the Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Scheme (c) on a pilot basis in some states on the occasion of Independence Day, with a full-scale rollout of his pet project scheduled on 25 September.

Centre on course to meet 2025 goal of spending 2.5 percent of India's GDP on public healthcare

The Centre is on course to meet the 2025 target of spending 2.5 percent of India’s gross domestic product (GDP) on public healthcare.

Infant dies at Delhi hospital after being given pain killer post surgery, kin alleges medical negligence

In a case of alleged medical negligence, a four-month-old baby died at a city hospital, after being administered a pain killer injection

Budget 2018: Govt may hike health spending by 11%; less than expected funds may slow disease control measures

Health Minister JP Nadda had demanded 33% hike in health budget in order to expand vaccination coverage, free drugs distribution and to ward off a growing threat of non-communicable diseases such as cancer and diabetes which killed 60 lakh people in India in 2016

Arvind Kejriwal called for more powers to government hospitals to provide better health facilities to people

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday called for more powers to government hospitals to help them provide better health facilities.