Frontline workers and the Covid-19 pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic proved to be a global disaster that took countless lives, many of whom were frontline functionaries deployed to contain this crisis. As a result, the Indian state, unlike before,
Health Insurance
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Impact of community-based health insurance on child health outcomes: evidence on stunting from Rural Uganda
While community-based health insurance (CBHI) becomes increasingly integrated into health systems in developing countries, there is still limited research and evidence on its probable health impacts beyond
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Can community-based health insurance nudge preventive health behaviours? evidence from rural Uganda
Community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes have emerged as strong pathways to universal health coverage in developing countries. Their examination has largely focussed on their impacts on financial
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Nadda urges Delhi govt to implement Ayushman Bharat health scheme
Union Health Minister J P Nadda Thursday urged the Delhi government to implement the Centre's ambitious Ayushman Bharat scheme, saying not only the people of the national capital but those from other states
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Funding and services needed to achieve universal health coverage: applications of global, regional, and national estimates of utilisation of outpatient visits and inpatient admissions from 1990 to 2016, and unit costs from 1995 to 2016
<p>To inform plans to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), <a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/universal_health_coverage.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/download.jpg"
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Diseases contracted after health policy purchase should be covered, suggests Irdai panel
Chronic diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, AIDs/HIV infection and Morbid obesity should be covered under medical cover if a person contracts such ailments after buying a health insurance policy, according
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1 lakh benefitted under PMJAY in one month of its launch: Nadda
Nearly a month after the roll out of the Centre's PMJAY health insurance scheme, one lakh people have availed the benefits of the ambitious programme, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said Sunday. The
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Guidelines for public-private partnership for Non-Communicable Diseases
NITI Aayog launched the model guidelines for Public - Private partnership in Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). As per the guidelines, the private partner will invest in upgrading, building and deploying
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PM Modi rolls out world’s largest health insurance scheme, says not based on communal, caste lines
Coming down heavily on the opposition, Modi said that they always looked at the poor as vote banks, throwing freebies at them only to win the elections. He also stressed that PMJAY was yet another example
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More Mumbaikars dropping out of TB treatment, shows health report
Mumbai: The number of Mumbaikars dropping out of TB treatment (DOTS) increased from 12% in 2013 to 15% in 2017, according to data released by NGO Praja on Thursday. The NGO’s white paper reported that
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Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding the right of insurers to reject claims on genetic disorders clause, 27/08/2018
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of The United India Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs Jay Parkash Tayal dated 27/08/2018 regarding the right of insurers to reject claims on genetic disorders clause.</p>