Fewer women accessed maternal healthcare in March and April 2020
Govt needs to invest more in health care
Welcoming the National Digital Health Mission, Biocon CMD Kiran Mazumdar Shaw said it gives India's healthcare sector a digital backbone
Prime Minister Modi also informed the country of a new Cyber Security Policy
Assuming an 80-per cent availability, it was estimated that around 9.27 lakh doctors were available for active service, which put the allopathic doctor-patient ratio at 1:1445, the minister said.
? ? Public Health is a State subject. Under the National Health Mission (NHM) which encompasses the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) as its two sub-missions, support is provided to States/UTs for strengthening their health care systems based on requirements posed by the States/UTs in their Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs).Approvals against the PIPs received have been provided to all States/UTs based on appraisal and resource availability. A Statement showing State wise Allocation under NHM in 2014-15 is given below:- ? Statement Showing State wise Allocation(B.E.) under NHM for 2014-15 Rs. in crore Sl. No. States Allocation ? 1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 28.29 ? 2 Andhra Pradesh 712.94 ? 3 Arunachal Pradesh 184.09 ? 4 Assam 1086.52 ? 5 Bihar 1300.32 ? 6 Chandigarh 19.48 ? 7 Chhattisgarh 559.01 ? 8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 14.04 ? 9 Daman & Diu 9.72 ? 10 ..
In roughly five years, or by 2024, the population of India is expected to surpass that of China, according to a 2017 United Nations (UN) projection
As a result of the mass state-led scheme, the processes in the health insurance market could get simplified over time and become uniform
Officials familiar with the plan said finance ministry reduced planned funding because of other spending priorities and because of state governments' poor track record of spending the health budget