‘The Golden Card Scheme’: A disappointment for cancer patients in Kashmir
Sitting by the bedside of my ailing mother in SKIMS Soura Hospital, I was overwhelmed with despair. What used to be a source of hope—the Golden Card Scheme—became a heartless…
Health Care
Political will needed for universal healthcare
With the elections process already on, health is serious issue to be taken up by the political parties. Health has been an issue of serious concern to the people because…
Induction of private agencies in district hospitals an imprudent step
To Dr Suman Bery Vice-Chairman Niti Ayog Dear Dr Bery, In the public healthcare set up in the country, the hospitals run by the State governments at…
Cholera outbreak in Kashipur of Odisha
The outbreak of Cholera in Kashipur block of Rayagada and other 7 districts has resulted in the death of more than 17 people and unrelieved suffering of hundreds…
Need for Caution and Widespread Consultation on Public Health Bill
The Government is in the process of finalizing a new public health bill while repealing the 125 year old Epidemic Diseases Act of 1897. While few will question the need…
Comprehensive Health Reform Program Will Benefit All Developing Countries
While so many differences have emerged in the context of the recent response to COVID-19 in various countries, one point on which it should be possible to establish wider…
Nationalize health infrastructure and services, says Socialist Party of India
Members of the Jan Swasthya Abhiyaan have joined the Socialist Party of India and other civil society organizations in calling for the nationalization of all health infrastructure and all medical…
India’s Growing Disease Burden… Will Healthcare Budget Suffice?
The global health emergency that jolted the world from its slumber made us realize the value and importance of health, probably the only positive outcome of the pandemic. Baring few…
Health and Education Sectors Desperately Need High Budget Allocations, But They Need Something More Too
All those concerned are eagerly looking forward to significantly increased allocations for health and education sectors in the new union budget, particularly in the former, as so much loss has…
Life after 2020: Need for a new vision on health
A futuristic vision was very much evident in India at different points of time starting with the Bhore committee report. At the international context, a futuristic orientation in health and…
Affordability and prescribing patterns of generic medicines in India
Co-Written by Dr. Swati Sapna & Upasna Gaba The World Health Organization (WHO) defines generic medicine as "a pharmaceutical product, usually intended to be interchangeable with an innovator product that is…
Healing India’s Healthcare
Healthy families are the foundation for healthy communities. When people are healthy, humanity moves forward. There is nothing more important than good health, and reliable healthcare for all the family. …
Is Universal Health Care a ‘proxy’ for an Insurance-based selective health care to the people?
According to WHO, “Universal Health Care (UHC) means that all individuals and communities receive the health services they need without suffering financial hardship. It includes the full spectrum of essential,…
Globalization: a multifaceted exchange platform of healthcare
by Dr. Chandrima Chatterjee, Dr. Parul Malik and Dr. Arathi P Rao Globalization has been described by the economist Brian Easton [1] as "problematic". He also mentions that often writers…
Can health literacy empower the health care workforce in handling the COVID-19 pandemic more effectively?
by Dr. Arathi P Rao, Dr Parul Malik, Dr. Anil K Bhat and Dr. Kesavan Rajasekharan Nayar The concept of “Health Literacy” (HL) is gaining importance, more so in the…
What Can We Learn from Cuba? Medicare-for-All Is a Beginning, Not the End Point
As a coup de grâce to the Bernie Sanders campaign Joe Biden declared that he would veto Medicare-for-All. This could drive a dedicated health care advocate to relentlessly pursue Med-4-All…
Free Universal Healthcare for All in India
“Swasthya seva hamara adhikar Ise degi hamari Sarkar” The spread of Corona Virus in India and the subsequent misery of the Migrant population has exposed the underbelly of dismal healthcare…
Out-Of-Pocket Healthcare Expenditure, Covid-19 and Impoverishment in India
Co-Written by Iffat Jahan Azhar Prof. Mohammad Akram According to World Health Organisation (WHO), healthcare services, all over the world, aim to ensure that necessary services are accessible to people…
The ‘Vayye-Vayya’ society: Morbidity and medicalization in Kerala
A lot had already been written about the high morbidity conscious Kerala society and especially what was being called in the early eighties as the ‘Kerala Paradox’. This essentially is…
Gandhi’s talisman is best guiding light to reform public health
Dr Sandeep Pandey, Shobha Shukla and Bobby Ramakant Mahatma Gandhi's talisman is perhaps the best guiding light to reform the public health system in the wake of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)…
The Embarassing state of Kerala’s maternal health care: effect of the Kerala model
Health system in India has seen several incongruities since its independence. Public health expenditure, inspite of repeated promises in election manifestos as well as in policy documents towards raising it…
AAP Govt.’s Mohalla Clinics-A Revolution in Health Care Services
Mohalla Clinics are primary health centres in the state of New Delhi in India, that offer a basic package of essential health services including medicines, diagnostics, and consultation free of…
Dying Well –Palliative Care in India
On 10th May, the high-profile police officer from Mumbai, Himanshu Roy committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver. In a suicide note recovered later, Roy is…
Florence Nightingales
The general ward of a Government Medical College is equated to hell with mosquitoes,flies, bed bugs and the real proverbial hospital stink! When I overheard while lying on the…
Making India Healthy
In today’s world, where almost everything is a click away for many, access to healthcare, descents into alcoholism, and misperceptions about illnesses can still take us back to the eighteenth…
India’s Sick Health Care
India’s economy is soaring but its healthcare system remains an Achilles’ heel. For millions of people, the high cost of treating illness continues to undermine economic progress. This is…
Clarion Call for The Great USed
USers (better known as "Americans") have been expressing a preference in survey polls for access to a universal health care system for quite some time. Considering their frustration with so-called…
Is Health Care A Commodity Or Right?
Co-Written by Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese With just a week left before Congress’ budget reconciliation process ends, the Senate is once again peddling a poorly-thought out plan to repeal and replace the Affordable…
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