The NHA report tracks the flow of funds through India’s health system and measures expenditure by governments, households and other financing sources. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/istockphoto For every ₹100 spent on healthcare in Telangana in 2022-23, households paid nearly ₹39 from their own pockets, almost matching the government’s contribution of ₹41, according to the…
Bhubaneswar: More women in the state are opting to give birth in health facilities, but this progress is not translating into improved newborn feeding outcomes. Early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding for newborns and children under six months of age respectively have declined sharply, according to National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-6, released by the ministry of…
Chandigarh: A highly successful medical volunteering initiative that slashed patient wait times at one of India’s premier medical institutes is being expanded to other major regional hospitals after winning central govt’s backing.The Govt Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, will replicate the ‘Project Sarathi’ model that the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and…
Varanasi: Joint secretary, Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (PMJAY) and advisor (Cost), MoHFW, Lalit Wadhwa visited the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University on Friday to review the status of the National Centre of Ageing (NCA).A review meeting under the chairmanship of the BHU vice-chancellor, Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi was also held to assess the…
