Rural Health

Social safety net product Bima Vistaar being developed for Bima Sugam

The regulator last month had formed a 24-member committee, headed by Devasia, to develop an affordable, accessible and comprehensive cover - Bima Vistaar -- for rural population

Half of India's states do not have a district hospital in each district

Delhi and Kerala have 3 district hospitals per district; Uttar Pradesh has two. Telangana has one hospital for five districts

Emergency healthcare provider CIPACA gets recognition, award

Emergency healthcare provider - CIPACA - on Friday said it has been awarded the Best ICU Growth Partner for rural hospitals in recognition of the disruptive model

ASHA workers, crucial to India's vaccination drive, threaten to walk out

Besides being poorly paid, most of them are working without gloves, masks or sanitizers two years into the pandemic.

Ahead of third wave, India's rural health centres depleted of drugs, staff

Healthcare centre in Maharashtra village shows what rural India could be facing ahead of new variants of the disease.

Rural healthcare infrastructure needs booster dose amid Covid-19 pandemic

Health in rural India is a three-tiered system, with sub-centres (SC) as the most peripheral and the first points of contact

Health centre or a cattle shelter? Rural Bihar's health reality in Covid times

800 health, wellness centres set up to strengthen rural healthcare in J&K

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has setup 800 health and wellness centres to strengthen rural healthcare services in the union territory, a senior official said. It had earlier formulated a comprehensive proposal of Rs 367 crore and submitted for funding from the World Bank for strengthening of healthcare institutions, including dedicated COVID hospitals and Intensive Care Units (ICUs). "Around 800 health and wellness centres established to strengthen rural healthcare services across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir," Financial Commissioner, health and medical education, Atal Dulloo said here. Spelling out his mega plans to give boost to the healthcare infrastructure and delivery setup in Jammu and Kashmir, Dulloo said health and wellness centres are the platform to deliver comprehensive primary health care services, which are universal and free for users, with a focus on wellness and delivery of expanded range of services close to the community. "Presently, it include

This self-help group is revolutionising healthcare, treatment in villages

The folks at Uplift Mutuals realised that sudden medical events often pushed families into poverty

India's pink army: Bringing healthcare to the deprived in 600,000 villages

These pink saree-clad women provide information to people in rural areas about health, sanitation and nutrition

Medical infrastructure in rural India: The stories behind the statistics

Seema's story highlights how badly rural India struggles when health emergencies strike

Rural health care indicators considerably poor: Government

The Centre-state funding pattern has been revised from 75:25 to 60:40 with effect from 2015-16