Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)
As per latest data, IMR has reduced by 58% in India during the period of 1990-2015 which is more than to Global decline of 49% during the same period. The…
Privatisation of education
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said the government needs to exit infrastructure projects and even look at handing over schools and colleges to the private sector as is the case in…
International Child removal
The ministry for women and child development has put out in the public domain a "concept note" on issues related to civil aspects of International Child Removal. A multi member committee led…
Planning and Implementation of Family Participatory Care
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare recently released Operational Guidelines for Planning and Implementation of Family Participatory Care (FPC) for improving newborn health. The guidelines will serve as a guiding…
Private healthcare in India-An Analysis
It is imperative to ensure that the association with the private sector, as far as healthcare is concerned, is rooted in principles of justice rather than financial expedience The Niti…
SC rejects abortion plea of 10-year-old
Abortion the world over is a sensitive topic. Arguments cut both ways. Each country has its own time limit within which the pregnancy may be terminated, but in most cases…
Make in India & Delivering Quality Healthcare
India emerged as a front runner in the medical tourism space as early as the 1990s. Today, the sector is valued at $3 billion and has been witnessing a steady…
Ministry, NITI Aayog moot privatisation of select services in district hospitals
As a part of a radical ‘privatisation project’, the Health Ministry and the NITI Aayog have developed a framework to let private hospitals run select services within district hospitals, on…
Findings of NFHS – 4
The NFHS 4 results demonstrate that the improvements over NFHS 3 are significant for many key indicators, but there are considerable rural, urban and inter State disparities in key indicators. …
C-section and normal deliveries
To combat the alarming rise in caesarean section operations in India, private hospitals are likely to be audited and asked to display the data of normal and C-section deliveries prominently.…