Tag: Public Health

Healthcare in Karnataka: Is a Health Bill the Need of the Hour?

The Karnataka Janaarogya Chaluvali (Karnataka People’s Health Movement/Struggle) has written a strong critique of the draft Karnataka Right to Health and Emergency Medical Services Bill 2025, questioning its rationale and orientation; the critique points how this draft has been mostly borrowed from the Rajasthan Right to Health Act (2022). Besides, says KJC, while some activists in Karnataka have been clamoring for a replication of the Rajasthan Right to Health Act, this demand has been made without investing too much thought into whether this is what Karnataka requires

India behind on poverty, health and gender goals: Independent study

The study, which covers 707 districts, has found that barely a year ago, in 2021, over 75 per cent of the districts were off target on key indicators such as access to basic services, anaemia, poverty, child marriage etc

India Heading Toward Uncontrolled Privatisation of Health Sector: Dr Fuad Halim

Dr Halim spoke to NewsClick in Kolkata about a range of issues including the history of the People’s Relief Committee, the state of the health sector, and the role of the government in regulating it.

Free universal healthcare for all in India

“Swasthya seva hamara adhikar Ise degi hamari Sarkar”

Haryana Portal Helps Track High-Risk Pregnancies For Improved Care

On the ninth of every month, pregnant women visit...

Overburdened Docs, Ill-equipped Hospitals: Chronic Disorder Continues to Grip Public Health

“Even in the biggest government hospitals, you will see...

As Health Crises Grow, 29% Of Funds With States Not Spent In 5 Years

MUMBAI: Even as health crises in India grew, National...

Why India’s Poor Buy Essential Medicines From Private Pharmacies

New Delhi: As India readies itself for Ayushman Bharat,...

Racism impacts your health

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Dengue Cases up by 265 % in 5 Years, 17,771 Cases in 2017 Alone: Mumbai

Mumbai, urbs prima, the financial capital, where possibly the...

#Notebandi May Exacerbate India’s Public Health Crisis

A spate of deaths due to hospitals refusing to...

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