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Long shadow of public health’s colonial legacy

The medical services of the Armed Forces trace directly to the colonial Indian Medical Service — primarily designed to safeguard British troops. Its origin dates back to the formation of the Bengal Medical Service in 1763. (HT Archive)

Published 143 days ago

Life After 65: India’s Next Development Frontier

A healthier 65-year-old is less likely to require years of dependency. The cheapest pension reform is disease prevention. The most sustainable social security system is one in which older adults remain functionally independent for longer. (HT Archive)

Published 156 days ago

Reimagining India’s health system for future challenges

Programmes such as ASHAs, women’s self-help groups, and community action platforms have shown that informed and engaged citizens improve system performance. A reimagined health system must institutionalise their voice. (HT Archive)

Published 178 days ago

Can Ayurveda serve population health?

Insights from Ayurveda can inform better public-health approaches tailored to regional needs or to population sub-groups. These approaches require evidence — but evidence suited to complexity

Published 227 days ago

Road map for universal health coverage in India

Health systems must maintain a reserve of rapidly mobilisable health workforce, to enable a swift surge response when needed. (HT Archive)

Updated 235 days ago

12 states, UTs undercounted Covid deaths in 2022: Report

The CRS report shows India registered 8.6 million deaths in 2022 compared to 10.2 million in 2021. (Representational image)

Updated 421 days ago

'India has sophisticated hospitals': Indonesian health ministry director

Sugiyanto, Director, the ministry of health, Indonesia visited Medanta Hospital in Gurugram.

Published 1193 days ago

TB cases rise in Pune, need to look beyond lungs to eliminate TB, say experts

Government of India (GoI) is working towards eradicating TB by 2025 with newer vaccines and shorter courses of treatment, and a rise in EPTB cases will only jeopardise these efforts. (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE)

Updated 1218 days ago

World Health Day 2022: PM Modi expresses gratitude towards health sector

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (ANI)

Updated 1579 days ago

Inadequate responses from the health system to sexual and gender-based violence

Efforts to introduce special procedures for survivors of child sexual abuse and laws to prevent sexual harassment at the workplace have taken shape.

Published 1609 days ago

Do our current health system challenges give us an opportunity to leapfrog?

Over three lakh adults still die from tuberculosis each year in India, while in China, a country with an equally significant tuberculosis problem, annual death rates have been reduced to below 40,000. Simultaneously, the burden of chronic diseases like cancer, hypertension, and diabetes is rapidly rising across the country.

Published 1644 days ago

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