Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the interim budget for the financial year 2024-25 on February 1. The healthcare budget for the financial year 2024-25 focused on five areas: medical colleges, cervical cancer vaccination, maternal and child healthcare, immunisation, and Ayushman Bharat scheme. Experts had hoped that the union budget would focus on areas such as mental health, medical …
São Paulo, Brazil CNN — Last June, as Covid-19 cases were surging across Brazil, Camila Basto waited at a São Paulo hospital to find out what was wrong with her 9-year-old daughter, Manuela. Now, as a nationwide Covid-19 vaccination campaign for children aged 5-11 is underway, it’s providing relief to many Brazilian parents like Basto, who says that it will …
In 2005, the Indian government rolled out Janani Suraksha Yojana, a maternal protection scheme, to promote institutional deliveries. But the scheme has also been able to boost child vaccination, even though it was not a planned goal, new research shows. To assess the scheme’s impact, researchers Prabal K. De and Laxman Timilsina use data on women’s health and economic indicators, …
