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Study reveals India lacks an estimated 600,000 doctors and 2 million nurses

India has shortage of an estimated 600,000 doctors and 2 million nurses, a recent study shows. Scientists say that this lack of staff is preven...

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Health

India's Health Budget Among The Smallest Globally; Maternal Mortality Rate One Of The Highest In South Asia: WHO

India grapples with one of the highest Maternal Mortality Rates (MMR) in South East Asia, has one of the highest incidences of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) but has one...

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Human Rights

India Needs To Develop A Strategy For Training Human Resources For Mental Healthcare

The emergence of suicide prevention as a public health challenge requiring urgent national action has been painfully slow globally. The urgency has been slower in middle- a...

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Health

NITI Aayog Pinpoints Glaring Issues In Healthcare Due To Limited Budget Allocation

The NITI Aayog’s (National Institute for Transforming India) health division has observed glaring issues in healthcare with limited budget allocation. Disparity in he...

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Sustainable Development

India Slashes Health Budget, Already Among World's Lowest:

The government has ordered a cut of nearly 20 percent in its 2014/15 healthcare budget due to fiscal strains, putting at risk key disease control initiatives in a country w...

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Health

The Price of Prevention: Vaccine Costs Are Soaring

There is little that Dr. Lindsay Irvin has not done for the children’s vaccines in her office refrigerator: She remortgaged her home to afford their rising prices. Sh...

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