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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)
opinion
Published on Mar 12, 2026 08:59 pm IST

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)
opinion
Published on Feb 27, 2026 08:12 pm IST

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)
opinion
Published on Feb 05, 2026 09:37 pm IST

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
opinion
Published on Dec 19, 2025 10:20 am IST

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)
opinion
Updated on Dec 11, 2025 02:49 pm IST

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)
india news
Updated on Jun 07, 2025 06:36 pm IST

'India has sophisticated hospitals': Indonesian health ministry director

Sugiyanto, Director, the ministry of health, Indonesia visited Medanta Hospital in Gurugram.
india news
Published on Apr 27, 2023 09:14 pm IST

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)
pune news
Updated on Apr 02, 2023 09:55 pm IST

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

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (ANI)
india news
Updated on Apr 07, 2022 11:01 am IST

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

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Efforts to introduce special procedures for survivors of child sexual abuse and laws to prevent sexual harassment at the workplace have taken shape.
gender equality
Published on May 11, 2024 12:26 pm IST

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

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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.
public health
Published on May 11, 2024 12:09 pm IST

No room for complacency in Covid-19 battle

A health worker takes part in a dry run or a mock drill for Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine delivery, New Delhi, January 2, 2021
analysis
Updated on Jan 04, 2021 11:11 am IST

Lancet introduces Commission for universal health coverage

A health worker administers a deworming tablet to a boy during a door-to-door campaign in Hyderabad.
india news
Updated on Dec 12, 2020 04:51 pm IST

HTLS 2020: Resetting the coordinates for the journey to the future

The health system needs to be reconfigured to deliver services with efficiency, empathy and equity.
hindustan times leadership summit 2020
Updated on Nov 24, 2021 01:58 pm IST

Mission Karmayogi: An ambitious plan to bolster State capacity

As the pandemic adds new complexities to education, income, food, and health systems, it is natural to look to the biggest players in development — the central and state governments — to increase expenditure and the quality of programme implementation.
analysis
Updated on Oct 12, 2020 07:55 pm IST

Covid-19: What we need to know today

Several medicines have been approved for emergency use by drug regulators, including in India.
india news
Updated on Apr 30, 2021 08:02 am IST

Sceptre Medical India recognized as ‘India’s Most Admirable Healthcare Brand-2020’ in the disinfection industry in India

Along with Mr Sanjay Manocha, Ms Archna Manocha and Mr Siddharth Manocha have also played a pivotal role in shaping Sceptre as a market leader.
brand post
Published on Sept 18, 2020 03:25 pm IST

A White paper on Covid-19

A medic waits for citizens at a Covid-19 test centre, Bangalore, September 17, 2020
editorials
Updated on Sept 17, 2020 09:57 pm IST

Covid-19 has set global health progress back decades: Gates Foundation

It found that the pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on women, racial and ethnic minority communities and people living in extreme poverty.
world news
Published on Sept 15, 2020 08:43 am IST

Indigenous Brazilians launch coronavirus tracing app

The app, called “Covid-19 Indigenous Alert” aims to help indigenous people identify areas with high infection rates.
world news
Published on Sept 05, 2020 06:14 am IST

COVID-19 drives robotic surgery for patients

Robotic surgery can enhance surgery and help patients in the COVID era, as well as has the potential to support surgery during future pandemics.
brand post
Updated on Aug 27, 2020 04:49 pm IST

Scientists urge use of monoclonal antibodies

Around 80% of licensed monoclonal antibodies are sold in Europe, the US and Canada, with only 20% sold to countries that account for 90% of the world’s population.
india news
Updated on Aug 14, 2020 04:42 am IST

Covid-19: A dip in women in the workforce is likely | Opinion

Women will then be left to tend the family, and in many cases, the family’s agricultural fields. Here, a concerted effort should be made to give them better tools to deal with agriculture in the form of easy to access loans and technology.
columns
Updated on Aug 08, 2020 06:18 pm IST

Covid-19 exacerbates the risk of unsafe abortions | Opinion

A botched abortion can result in physical damage to the reproductive organs and psychological issues such as depression and stress
columns
Updated on Jul 26, 2020 05:43 am IST

A reality check of the health sector

An average hospitalisation case in India cost Rs 16,676 and Rs 26,475 in rural and urban areas, respectively. The average monthly wage of a regular worker — the best employment category in India — was Rs 15,504
editorials
Updated on Jul 22, 2020 07:34 pm IST

UK launches cheaper, fast-track visa for health professionals

The contribution of India and other international medical staff has been highlighted during the coronavirus pandemic.
world news
Updated on Jul 15, 2020 02:38 pm IST

India needs a universal social security system | Opinion

The intention to cover all workers is also indicated in the draft legislation on the Social Security Code that has been introduced in Parliament. The challenge for the State is how to provide social security to all with its limited financial and administrative capacities. A universal social security system will have to be built progressively.
analysis
Updated on Jul 08, 2020 06:30 pm IST

WHO says Covid-19 outbreaks add to childbirth death

Tedros Adhanom says WHO is also concerned about young people who may be vulnerable to anxiety and depression, noting that in some countries, more than one-third of teens receive mental health help exclusively at school.
world news
Updated on Jun 12, 2020 10:36 pm IST

WHO chief calls for any Covid-19 vaccine to be shared as a public good

Director-General of the WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was speaking after concerns have been raised that some countries including the United States could hoard any vaccines or drugs they develop to combat Covid-19, with poorer countries not getting access to the treatments they need.
world news
Published on Jun 12, 2020 10:19 pm IST

Indian-origin doctor performs first lung transplant for Covid-19 patient in US

The United Network for Organ Sharing, a nonprofit that coordinates transplantation in the United States, has no record of an organ transplant into a Covid-19 patient as of May 29
nri news
Updated on Jun 12, 2020 01:03 am IST
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