76% Indians without health insurance, forcing them to dip into savings

Mobile technology & data services are will play a critical role in improving healthcare delivery

India added 450 million people over the 25 years to 2016, a period during which the proportion of people living in poverty fell by half. This period of rising prosperity has been marked by a “dual-disease burden”, a continuing rise in communicable diseases and a spurt in non-communicable or “lifestyle” diseases, which accounted for half of all deaths in 2015, from 42% in 2001-03.

 

Source: Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation

 

 

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