The big tests of India’s healthcare ambitions, in 5 charts
1 year, 8 months ago

The big tests of India’s healthcare ambitions, in 5 charts

Live Mint  

Friday, 7 April, will mark World Health Day. Despite public health milestones such as the eradication of polio and neonatal tetanus, India still has miles to go in achieving universal healthcare. A health ministry report for 2021-22 showed that community health centres—the third and top tier of public healthcare service in rural India—have an 82% shortfall in paediatricians and 80% for general physicians. An Indian Council for Medical Research report last year showed that only 43% of the pneumonia samples containing one particular pathogen in India could be treated with the first line of antibiotics in 2021, lower than 65% in 2016. The programme has also been successful in bringing down the mortality rate of under-five children from 74 per 1,000 live births in 2015-16 to 41.9 in 2019-21, according to the National Family Health Survey.

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'India fourth largest medical devices market after Japan, China and South Korea': Union Minister Anupriya Patel
5 days ago

'India fourth largest medical devices market after Japan, China and South Korea': Union Minister Anupriya Patel

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: India is the fourth largest medical devices market in Asia after Japan, China, and South Korea and among the top 20 global medical devices markets in the world, said Union Minister of State of Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel on Thursday. Speaking at the 21st Health Summit of the Confederation of Indian Industry, she said the medical …

Organ Donation in India: Bridging the Gap Between Life and Death
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Organ Donation in India: Bridging the Gap Between Life and Death

Deccan Chronicle  

With India’s vast population, the need for organ transplants is critical, yet organ donation rates remain among the lowest in the world. India’s organ donation rate is currently 0.52 per million people, compared to 35 per million in countries like Spain and 26 per million in the United States. The reasons behind India’s low organ donation rate are complex: Lack …

Health Talk | How eliminating polio has been one of the major successes of India's Universal Immunisation Programme
1 month, 1 week ago

Health Talk | How eliminating polio has been one of the major successes of India's Universal Immunisation Programme

Hindustan Times  

The World Immunisation Day is observed every year on November 10th. India is a classic example of what robust immunisation coverage against a disease can achieve in the form of the country's pulse polio programme, of which vaccination was a crucial part. India rolled out the Pulse Polio Immunization Programme on October 2 1994, and according to WHO India statement, …

Health care: Innovations for an inclusive future
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Health care: Innovations for an inclusive future

Hindustan Times  

India's health care sector is experiencing unprecedented growth, driven not just by rising incomes, but also through a confluence of transformative factors. By fostering supportive government policies, India has the potential not only to improve health care for its citizens but also to set a global benchmark for affordable, high-quality care. Four areas need urgent attention: * Policy and regulatory …

Need to have more doctors, hospital beds to achieve healthcare vision 2047: Report
7 months, 1 week ago

Need to have more doctors, hospital beds to achieve healthcare vision 2047: Report

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: There is a need to increase the number of qualified doctors to more than 50 lakh and also add 30 lakh more hospital beds in the country in order to achieve India's healthcare vision 2047, according to a report.The increase in the number of doctors and beds in hospitals would help India get closer to the average of …

Expert calls for more awareness on organ donation to save lives of kidney patients
9 months, 1 week ago

Expert calls for more awareness on organ donation to save lives of kidney patients

The Hindu  

On World Kidney Day on March 14, medical experts have noted that more awareness needs to be brought among people about the importance of organ donation. Andhra Pradesh has more than 2,000 kidney patients, constituting 90% of the total patients waiting for an organ transplant in the State,” said K. Rambabu, State coordinator of the Andhra Pradesh government’s Jeevandan project. …

What drives the illegal organ trade in India? | In Focus podcast
9 months, 2 weeks ago

What drives the illegal organ trade in India? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

From time to time, stories of the commercial dealings in organs, or cash for kidney scams, surface in the media. In December, one such possible organ racket was in the news, involving people from Myanmar, who had come to a private hospital in Delhi for transplant procedures. Organ transplants have been taking place in India since the 1970s, and after …

A US-India partnership to advance global health
1 year, 4 months ago

A US-India partnership to advance global health

Hindustan Times  

This week I am joining India’s health minister Mansukh Mandaviya for the G20 health ministerial in Gandhinagar. We are developing strategies to address common challenges including pandemic response, achieving universal health coverage, improving global access to medical supplies during health emergencies, digital health, and the impact of the climate crisis on health. Global health offers unique opportunities to come together …

World Organ Donation Day 2023: Public Awareness Is The Need Of The Hour For Organ Donation
1 year, 4 months ago

World Organ Donation Day 2023: Public Awareness Is The Need Of The Hour For Organ Donation

News 18  

Transplant is a proven therapy for organ failure but organ shortage is a challenge. A positive thought for coming forward as voluntary organ donor for own near and dear is doing its bit but time has arrived in India when all of us should take a step forward on this world organ donation day to pledge our organs after death. …

Health Matters | In noble organ donations, we trust
1 year, 4 months ago

Health Matters | In noble organ donations, we trust

The Hindu  

The noblest of acts, arguably, is the donation of organs post-brain death, to aid transplantation of organs; no less significant is a living donor transplant. With a waiting list of over three lakh patients and at least 20 persons dying each day waiting for an organ, India’s paucity of organ donations, especially deceased donations, has been exacting a steep toll. …

Organ shortage continues to cost lives
1 year, 4 months ago

Organ shortage continues to cost lives

The Hindu  

With a waiting list of over three lakh patients and at least 20 persons dying each day waiting for an organ, India’s paucity of organ donations, especially deceased donations, has been exacting a steep toll. Vivek Kute, secretary, Indian Society of Organ Transplants, said that India’s deceased organ donation rate has been under one donor per million population for a …

Is India’s health research aligned with India’s health needs?
1 year, 4 months ago

Is India’s health research aligned with India’s health needs?

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 pandemic intensified discussions around health and well-being. Research focus v. disease burden The crucial role of healthcare research in advancing public health is undeniable, yet India’s research spending remains low. We used the World Health Organisation’s 2000-2019 ‘Global Health Estimates’ on DALYs to estimate the burden of diseases and the number of scientific publications to evaluate research efforts. …

Country's Health Service Undergoing Rapid Transformation: PM Modi
1 year, 7 months ago

Country's Health Service Undergoing Rapid Transformation: PM Modi

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the country’s health service is undergoing a “rapid transformation”, asserting that in the last nine years, the poor have realized that medical facilities are easily accessible to them. The PM said that the Ayushman Bharat scheme has played an important role in it and opened the door to not only government hospitals but …

PM Modi calls for integrated global response to address healthcare challenges
1 year, 7 months ago

PM Modi calls for integrated global response to address healthcare challenges

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called for an integrated, inclusive and institutional global response to healthcare challenges, saying the Covid pandemic showed that borders cannot stop threats to health in a deeply-connected world. In his virtual address to the "One Earth One Health - Advantage Healthcare India 2023", Modi said a collective response to healthcare issues is …

Transplantation best solution for people with end stage liver failure, says expert
1 year, 8 months ago

Transplantation best solution for people with end stage liver failure, says expert

The Hindu  

Senior liver transplant surgeon and founder of South Asian Liver Institute Prof. Dr. Tom Cherian said liver transplantation is the optimal treatment solution for patients with advanced liver failure. Speaking at a press conference held here on Saturday on the occasion of the completion of six months since the inauguration of the Manipal-South Asian Liver Unit in collaboration with Manipal …

India consistently trying to minimise dependence on foreign countries in health sector: PM Modi
1 year, 9 months ago

India consistently trying to minimise dependence on foreign countries in health sector: PM Modi

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that life-savers like medicines, vaccines and medical devices were weaponised during the COVID-19 pandemic, and asserted that his government has been consistently trying to minimise India’s dependence on foreign countries in the health sector. Addressing a post-budget webinar on ‘Health and Medical Research’, Modi said India’s health sector was marred by …

India trying to minimise dependence on foreign countries in health sector: PM Modi
1 year, 9 months ago

India trying to minimise dependence on foreign countries in health sector: PM Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that life-savers like medicines, vaccines and medical devices were weaponised during the COVID-19 pandemic, and asserted that his government has been consistently trying to minimise India's dependence on foreign countries in the health sector. Addressing a post-budget webinar on 'Health and Medical Research', Modi said India's health sector was marred by …

Why organ donation in India needs big reforms
1 year, 9 months ago

Why organ donation in India needs big reforms

India Today  

Organ donation in India is in the throes of change. In a major tweak on February 14 to the organ donation policy, the Union health ministry said that hereafter there will be no age bar to register for cadaver organ transplant. The Union health ministry has also directed states against charging any registration fees from patients awaiting organ transplant. There …

DC Edit | Make organ transplants simpler
1 year, 10 months ago

DC Edit | Make organ transplants simpler

Deccan Chronicle  

Every single step making organ transplants less burdensome and more inclusive is a welcome idea for two reasons. One, the demand for organ transplant is increasing by the day, and two, advancements in medical science have made the process less risky for both the donor and the recipient. As per government data, a total of 15,561 organ transplants took place …

Investing in right education, sanitation helps improve health too: Doctors
1 year, 10 months ago

Investing in right education, sanitation helps improve health too: Doctors

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Year after year, Budget after Budget, successive governments in the country have spoken about healthcare and promised to invest in basic infrastructure but the country has to go a long way to be called a developed nation. Stressing on the importance of efficiently using the spending, Amor Hospital AD, Dr. Kishore B. Reddy said "Every year we hear Governments …

Free organ transplants in Karnataka touch century mark
2 years, 2 months ago

Free organ transplants in Karnataka touch century mark

The Hindu  

Karnataka’s Organ Transplantation scheme reached a milestone on October 13 when the free organ transplants touched the century mark. The 100 patients from below the poverty line families, who have undergone free organ transplants, have also got a total of 726 cycles of free immunosuppressive medication under the scheme since its inception in 2019. Launched in 2019 As organ transplants …

India Can Show The World The Right Path For Medical Pluralism
2 years, 4 months ago

India Can Show The World The Right Path For Medical Pluralism

News 18  

Diversity in any area or sector is a characteristic that is not only intrinsically fundamental to a population but also has practical necessities. As India sits on a gold mine of knowledge of several health systems, the major challenge is to back them up with gold standard researched evidence and integrate them into state health services on a mass level. …

India@75: How India’s Health Report Since Independence Has Been Creditworthy
2 years, 4 months ago

India@75: How India’s Health Report Since Independence Has Been Creditworthy

News 18  

We are now in the third decade of the 21st century, seventy-five years after India gained Independence. According to the latest National Family Health Survey the fertility rate has fallen to less than the replacement level of 2.1 to 2.0 children per woman. Primary Healthcare Centres and 3-tier system India started its first Primary Health Centre in 1952 after the …

Tamil Nadu to accelerate cadaver organ transplantation programme
2 years, 4 months ago

Tamil Nadu to accelerate cadaver organ transplantation programme

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu, a forerunner in cadaver organ donation, is on a mission to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic-induced slump. The waiting list for different organs in Tamil Nadu was about 7,000 and the State was making efforts to accelerate cadaver organ donation and transplantation, said Health Minister Ma. The current waiting list was 6,483 for kidney, 380 for liver, 43 …

‘Heal in India’, ‘Heal by India’: Big-Ticket Health Projects PM Modi May Announce Tomorrow
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Heal in India’, ‘Heal by India’: Big-Ticket Health Projects PM Modi May Announce Tomorrow

News 18  

36 hours, 50 stakeholders, and a series of presentations – this is how the Narendra Modi government has geared up to launch one of its big-ticket health projects, Heal in India, to boost medical tourism in the country. With an aim to launch the two top-of-the-line health initiatives, the government’s immediate focus is to push medical tourism in India via …

Why Most Indians not Using Public Health Facilities is a Matter of Concern
2 years, 5 months ago

Why Most Indians not Using Public Health Facilities is a Matter of Concern

News 18  

Around 70 years ago, when India established its First Primary Health Centre, on the recommendation of the Bhore Committee, the idea was Indians will soon have access to equitable, affordable and quality health care services that are accountable and responsive to their needs. According to the Fifth Round of National Family Health Survey, 2019-21, half of the families in India …

India to Participate in Global Trials to Assess Safety of Covishield among Cancer, HIV, Transplant Patients
2 years, 7 months ago

India to Participate in Global Trials to Assess Safety of Covishield among Cancer, HIV, Transplant Patients

News 18  

India will soon kick-start trials to assess the safety and immunity of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, dubbed Covishield in India, among unvaccinated immunocompromised adults, News18.com has learnt. According to the study planned on the global scale, previously unvaccinated immunocompromised adults will be enrolled in five disease cohorts — solid organ transplant, hematopoietic stem cell transplant, solid organ cancer patients receiving cytotoxic …

An honest reckoning: On simmering dispute between India and WHO about COVID deaths
2 years, 8 months ago

An honest reckoning: On simmering dispute between India and WHO about COVID deaths

The Hindu  

The visit of Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, to Gujarat for the Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit coincides with a simmering dispute between India and WHO on its forthcoming report on excess COVID-19 deaths between 2020 and 2021. A report in The New York Times claims that WHO estimates India accounted for four million deaths, or …

Health Day 2022: Managing chronic ailments through preventive care approach
2 years, 8 months ago

Health Day 2022: Managing chronic ailments through preventive care approach

Hindustan Times  

India has a humongous burden of chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart ailments and respiratory illnesses and on the event of World Health Day 2022 this April 07, we got a few doctors on board to throw light on silent epidemics and how to manage these chronic ailments through preventive care approach. Silent epidemics: Managing chronic ailments through preventive care …

Budget 2022: Will the Healthcare Sector get a Booster Shot From FM Sitharaman?
2 years, 10 months ago

Budget 2022: Will the Healthcare Sector get a Booster Shot From FM Sitharaman?

News 18  

Many believe that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman can make some key announcements related to these industries in this year’s financial statement. In the previous budget, the government of India paid special attention to the healthcare sector and came up with several new programs and increased budgetary allocations for the sector. Prompted by several new developments, prevailing market scenarios, public perception, …

Budget 2022: Why healthcare policies need to factor entire value chain from prevention, diagnosis, treatment to insurance coverage
2 years, 11 months ago

Budget 2022: Why healthcare policies need to factor entire value chain from prevention, diagnosis, treatment to insurance coverage

Firstpost  

Union Budget 2022-23: The COVID-19 crisis experience has already highlighted the challenges faced by the healthcare sector Although healthcare has always been an evolving field with a focus on new therapies, drugs, diagnostic techniques, preventive medicine, and constant research, it was the COVID-19 pandemic that shifted attention to our preparedness in facing a healthcare crisis. Budget 2020-21 takeaways The Rs …

India first Asian country to have two container-based hospitals: Health minister
3 years, 1 month ago

India first Asian country to have two container-based hospitals: Health minister

Hindustan Times  

Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday said that the government is working with a ‘saturation approach’ for affordable and quality healthcare. Addressing a press conference, Mandaviya highlighted some of the key features of PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi a day earlier. Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya addresses a press conference …

India on track to achieve WHO-recommended doctor-population ratio: NITI Aayog member
3 years, 4 months ago

India on track to achieve WHO-recommended doctor-population ratio: NITI Aayog member

India Today  

India is well on the path to achieving the World Health Organisation-recommended ratio of one doctor per thousand population by 2024 and is increasing the number of hospital beds from 11 lakh to 22 lakh, NITI Aayog member Vinod Paul said on Monday. "We have taken a lot of steps to address these problems in the last six-seven years, and …

For sustained recovery, focus on vaccination, rural India and infra push
3 years, 5 months ago

For sustained recovery, focus on vaccination, rural India and infra push

Hindustan Times  

The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic may have ebbed, but India cannot lower its guard. Over the last 14 months, while the pandemic ravaged global economies, India was adversely impacted too, with its Gross Domestic Product contracting by 23.9% in the April-June quarter of last year. After five different stimulus packages, the Narendra Modi government has now announced a …

The pandemic has ended the illusions of “emerging” economies like India.
54 years, 11 months ago

The pandemic has ended the illusions of “emerging” economies like India.

Slate  

Last month, I walked down to a nearby drugstore, a Duane Reade on John Street in lower Manhattan, paused for the doors to slide open, and entered the First World. Since vaccination need not be a priority, his party stayed occupied with other grand designs: controversial agricultural laws, steamrolled through Parliament despite mass protests; a monumental building project, refashioning imperial …

The unseen cost of covid’s long shadow on India
3 years, 6 months ago

The unseen cost of covid’s long shadow on India

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : The second wave of the pandemic might have ebbed, but Ritu Garg, a Gurugram-based doctor, has had no respite. “People are now coming in with diseases like cancer at an advanced stage, uncontrolled diabetes, heart ailments, and more," said Garg, zonal director at Fortis Memorial Research Institute. A World Health Organization survey released in May 2020 projected …

India begins 'Extension of Hospitals' project to fight Covid
3 years, 6 months ago

India begins 'Extension of Hospitals' project to fight Covid

India TV News  

To plug a major health infrastructure gap in India's fight against Covid-19, especially in rural areas and smaller towns, India has started project 'Extension of Hospitals' in various states. Project 'Extension Hospitals' is one such initiative for which Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser invited private sector companies, donor organizations, and individuals to support the initiative along with various other …

The rural healthcare challenge
3 years, 6 months ago

The rural healthcare challenge

Hindustan Times  

Covid-19 made inroads into rural and peri-urban areas during the second wave, with rural districts accounting for 53% of new cases and 52% of Covid-19 deaths in May, according to a recent report. In contrast to urban areas, preventive care services, including maternal and child health services, family planning, and immunisation, have dominated rural health allocations, and curative care has …

Rural health care needs fixing, and now
3 years, 6 months ago

Rural health care needs fixing, and now

The Hindu  

The two consecutive waves of COVID-19 and Mucormycosis have left us shattered. The key role of health-care facilities in the rural areas is to provide regular and comprehensive health-care needs guided by the World Health Organization ’s principle of Universal Health Coverage, “ensuring that all people have access to needed health services of sufficient quality to be effective while also …

Opinion | Why India needs to improve its rickety health infrastructure
3 years, 6 months ago

Opinion | Why India needs to improve its rickety health infrastructure

India TV News  

With the second wave of pandemic showing a marked decline, the number of daily fresh Covid cases across India fell to 2,08,921 on Tuesday, while 4,157 deaths were reported. Image Source : PTI Why India needs to improve its rickety health infrastructure Image Source : PTI Representative image of a COVID hospital in Bhagalpur, Bihar I think Soren made this …

EXPLAINER: Why India’s pandemic data is vastly undercounted
3 years, 7 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why India’s pandemic data is vastly undercounted

Associated Press  

Even after more than a year of devastating coronavirus surges across the world, the intensity and scale of India’s current crisis stands out, with patients desperate for short supplies of oxygen, pleas for help from overwhelmed hospitals, and images of body bags and funeral pyres. If one person gets tested in the house and reports they’re positive and everyone else …

Several countries promise rapid aid as COVID rages in India
3 years, 7 months ago

Several countries promise rapid aid as COVID rages in India

Al Jazeera  

India’s healthcare system has struggled amid a devastating second wave of coronavirus, with reports of oxygen and medicine shortages. Several countries have promised to rapidly send supplies to help India as the country reels from shortages of oxygen and medicines amid a devastating second wave of the coronavirus. The United States on Sunday said it was working to immediately deploy …

EXPLAINER: Why India is shattering global infection records
3 years, 8 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why India is shattering global infection records

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — The world’s fastest pace of spreading infections and the highest daily increase in coronavirus cases are pushing India further into a deepening and deadly health care crisis. “Authorities across India, without exception, put public health priorities on the back burner,” Reddy said. Consequently, India’s 7-day rolling average of confirmed daily new cases has risen over the past …

World Health Day 2021: What public health lessons can India learn from COVID-19 pandemic?
3 years, 8 months ago

World Health Day 2021: What public health lessons can India learn from COVID-19 pandemic?

Firstpost  

COVID-19 has renewed the focus on public health threats – making countries review their public health systems and healthcare infrastructure. World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April and it is the perfect occasion to review India’s response to COVID-19 and identify threats to our health security that can be rectified on a warfooting. Similarly, India needs to pass a …

Opinion | A reassuring Budget focused on growth, investment & jobs
3 years, 10 months ago

Opinion | A reassuring Budget focused on growth, investment & jobs

Live Mint  

Budget 2021 has given a massive push to healthcare and infrastructure with a focus on growth, investment and jobs. To fund this massive infrastructure push the Budget has announced ambitious plans to privatise central public sector enterprises, monetize public sector assets, including government land banks, ease foreign direct investment limits in sectors like insurance and float zero-coupon bonds for infrastructure …

Covid Vaccine, New Normal: Budget 2021 Must Find a Way to Re-Imagine Public Health System
3 years, 10 months ago

Covid Vaccine, New Normal: Budget 2021 Must Find a Way to Re-Imagine Public Health System

News 18  

The Union budget 2021-22 is expected to fund COVID vaccinations and other interventions that will speed up the return to “normal”. However, the budget could also provide a way to strategize for a re-imagined Indian public health system. The Rural Health Statistics for 2019, reveals that only 40% of health care facilities in the rural areas have critical frontline staff …

Economic Survey | To enable India to respond to pandemics, health infra must be agile
3 years, 10 months ago

Economic Survey | To enable India to respond to pandemics, health infra must be agile

The Hindu  

The ongoing COVID pandemic has showcased how a healthcare crisis can get transformed into an economic and social crisis and how it is inter-linked with other key sectors of the economy, noted the Economic Survey 2020-21, tabled in Parliament on Friday. “To enable India to respond to pandemics, the health infrastructure must be agile,” it says. Stating that COVID-19 has …

Co-WIN App for Vaccine, Telemedicine: 2021 is the Turning Point for India's Healthcare Through AI
3 years, 11 months ago

Co-WIN App for Vaccine, Telemedicine: 2021 is the Turning Point for India's Healthcare Through AI

News 18  

Even though we have lost 2020 to the pandemic, there is hope in 2021. India needs to step up its investment in healthcare services to sustain its economic growth as well as prepare for future public health emergencies. Key takeaways for 2021 India’s healthcare has seen significant digital transformation and calls for a holistic digital health ecosystem to improve health …

A Doctor Reflects On India's Pandemic Response
3 years, 11 months ago

A Doctor Reflects On India's Pandemic Response

NPR  

A Doctor Reflects On India's Pandemic Response Enlarge this image toggle caption Gagandeep Kang Gagandeep Kang With more than 10 million coronavirus cases, India has the second-highest infection load in the world after the United States. With less than 7,500 coronavirus cases per million population and a COVID-19 fatality rate of just below 1.5%, India's per capita infections and mortality …

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