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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
TopicHealth systems

Topic: Health systems

India ceding ground in biopharma innovation, manufacturing — AllianceBernstein’s open letter to PM

Analysts from AllianceBernstein point to four areas where India lags behind its Asian peers and underline that nation finds no mention in global healthcare innovation index.

WHO flags ‘lack of regulation in pvt sector’ in Indian healthcare, lauds rise in life expectancy

Review part of WHO’s ‘Health Systems in Transition (HiT)' profiles, which are country-based reports of health systems. Low public health spend among other issues raised.

Rich outlive poor by 7.5 years, upper caste women live 15 years more than Dalits: Oxfam report

The Oxfam report underscores how inequalities were evident during the Covid pandemic, when the poor couldn’t access healthcare services.

Don’t just game the system, return to Kautilya’s goal of happiness in Covid 2nd wave

India will soon witness a blame game — the Centre will blame states, govts will blame private sector and citizens. But the gaming of political system won't be discussed much.

Targeted policies, managing debt, ‘green’ economies — Gita Gopinath’s Covid survival guide

IMF's chief economist Gita Gopinath talks about how countries can handle the consequences to economies, environment, and health systems. Read the full interview here.

India’s price control policy has destroyed drug manufacturers. This is how they can be saved

India has one of the lowest drug prices in the world, yet many Indians are deprived of life-saving drugs. Price controls haven't been enough to bridge this gap.

Patriotism can’t be defined by how many kids we bear, focus should be on reproductive rights

Without resorting to the language of explosion as Modi did, India needs to reorient its health and education system to empower people to make informed choices.

A needle in the eye promises improved treatment for blinding glaucoma

Projected to affect about 80 million people by 2020, the condition causes progressive loss of peripheral vision which ultimately leads to blindness.

Diabetes: New test could detect the disease much earlier

New study recommends replacing glucose in standard diabetes detection test with a calorific milkshake containing glucose, fat and protein.

Who will be the next king of vaccines — India or China?

Although India leads China in vaccine production and export, China has achieved full immunisation rates.

On Camera

BJP’s 2024 election manifesto only looks tech-savvy. It is quite outdated

The manifesto’s silence on legal reforms in the digital space is concerning. The outdated Information Technology Act, about two decades old now, remains India’s nodal tech law.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.