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Taking a health insurance cover can protect your wealth

4 min read . 26 Dec 2018

File photo. In a perfect world, every health system would be adequately funded, with ample staff, training and equipment to care for the community. Photo: Reuters

What does it take to save a newborn’s life?

4 min read . 27 Apr 2018

Insurance that is not easy to use will not be used. One way to make it easy is to minimize the number of forms people need to fill to enrol for insurance. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint

Is the National Health Protection Scheme good public policy?

8 min read . 12 Mar 2018

An insurance programme can incentivize the private sector to build more facilities in rural areas.

Road map for a successful Modicare

4 min read . 06 Mar 2018

The wholesale price inflation also likely eased in January, to 3.25% from a year ago, compared to 3.58% in December. Photo: Bloomberg

January retail inflation seen easing only slightly, still above target: Reuters poll

1 min read . 09 Feb 2018

Experts fear focusing on secondary and tertiary healthcare might also eat into the spending on primary healthcare. Photo: Reuters

Implementation may be the biggest challenge for Modicare

2 min read . 09 Feb 2018

Notwithstanding a significant rise in healthcare allocation in Budget 2017 over the previous year, the government’s spending on health and family welfare amounted to merely 0.3% of GDP. Photo: Reuters

Budget 2018: India’s health sector needs more funds and better management

3 min read . 25 Jan 2018

The National Health Mission has been focused on improving infrastructure and access since its inception, but public healthcare facilities remains the last resort for most people. Photo: AFP

Budget 2018 | National Health Mission: The institutional barrier

1 min read . 25 Jan 2018

The urgency of improving the quality of healthcare in India should gain visibility with the introduction of the new National Health Policy in 2017. Photo: Reuters

Budget 2018 view: ‘Patient’ approach to better health

3 min read . 25 Jan 2018

File photo. The budget allocation for family planning is currently only 4% of the total Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) flexi-pool budget. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

Govt failed to use 40% of funds for family planning this financial year: report

2 min read . 02 Jan 2018

The inequalities in the disease burden suggest that regional growth disparities will only widen. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint

India’s first health atlas mirror’s a health emergency

3 min read . 20 Nov 2017

India’s record in addressing undernutrition is abysmal. With a stunting rate of 38.4%, India accounts for about a third of the world’s stunted children. Photo: AFP

States should spend more on nutrition

4 min read . 11 Sep 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in New Delhi on 2 October 2014. The narrow focus of the programme has meant that its impact will be far lesser than what it could have been if it were integrated within an overall thrust to rebuild India’s preventive public health apparatus. Photo: PIB

Forging the ‘New Delhi Consensus’ on health

11 min read . 24 Aug 2017

Unless the healthcare sector garners more attention and resources in India, many more Gorakhpurs lie ahead of us. Photo: PTI

Children deaths and public health spending

1 min read . 17 Aug 2017

Private healthcare in India usually offers quality service but is often expensive and largely unregulated. Photo: Soumen Nath

Private healthcare with public money

4 min read . 25 Jul 2017

New thinking can only work if there is an understanding of the current set-up’s lacunae. Photo: AFP

Indian healthcare’s innovation imperative

4 min read . 18 May 2017

Illustration: Jayachandran/Mint

How to pay India’s hospital bills

4 min read . 23 Mar 2017

The budget included the announcement for the formulation of new rules for regulating medical devices. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Govt hikes health spending in budget 2017

1 min read . 02 Feb 2017

At present, healthcare spending in India stands at less than 5% of the gross domestic product. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

India’s healthcare sector to require 74 lakh workforce by 2022: NSDC

1 min read . 02 Jul 2015

A price index for consumer spending increased 0.2% in May, rising by the same margin for a third consecutive month. Photo: Bloomberg

US consumer spending up modestly, jobless claims fall

2 min read . 26 Jun 2014

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