primary healthcare

The recent Rural Health Statistics report finds a surplus of doctors in primary health centres. But these numbers don’t account for the problem of doctor absenteeism.

An IAS officer reflects on the importance of local-level data, intersectoral solutions, and the role of communities, governments, and nonprofits in fighting malnutrition.

Rather than ensuring reproductive rights for its citizens, Uttar Pradesh’s new population policy violates them.

A field report from rural Bihar that speaks to the situation on the ground in terms of food security, livelihoods, and primary healthcare.

Likely to be the first point of contact for most COVID-19 patients, here's how frontline workers can be supported to deal with the pandemic.

India has the highest number of TB cases globally. Still, an estimated 550,000 TB cases have not been registered, and more than half the cases of drug-resistant TB remain undetected, undiagnosed, and untreated.

Lessons from Mohalla Clinics, which are well designed and hyper local, present innovative solutions to the challenge of urban healthcare.

The report is the culmination of years of study by an expert committee, which examined how tribal communities in India suffer from inequity in healthcare, and how this gap can be bridged.

Access to healthcare is an issue that millions in the country still struggle with, and India needs to build a strong primary healthcare system to address this.

There are valuable lessons that state level universal health coverage schemes have to offer to Ayushman Bharat, particularly in light of its scheduled launch this September.