healthcare

Variations in culture and terrain at the last mile make mental health support challenging in the state.

To improve treatment outcomes, cancer care centres need to start screening children for food insecurity early on and link families to social welfare programmes.

Therapists in India often see care seekers as separate from their social world. A study shows why this approach doesn’t work and suggests alternatives.

Displaced communities in India frequently fall through the cracks of public health systems. Accounting for their unique social, political, and economic vulnerabilities when designing programmes and policies can help change this.

Early marriage, intimate partner violence, pressure to give birth to a son, and lack of financial independence are some of the factors driving young mothers to suicide.

Budget allocations to healthcare indicate a shift in the state’s priorities for healthcare in India. How will this impact access to health?

The Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana can provide relief to countless low-income Indian families facing health expenditures. However, insufficient information about the scheme is preventing people from accessing its benefits.

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.

The pandemic has set India back in its goal to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025. From the Nikshay Poshan Yojana to renewed testing and treatment efforts, here's how we can cover lost ground.

A study from rural Andhra Pradesh finds that the answer might lie in changing dietary habits combined with a shift to cultivating less labour-intensive crops.