Health for Mains

What is Institutional Delivery? It means giving birth to a child in a medical institution under the overall supervision of trained and […]

Context: World Health Organization (WHO) presented new guidelines on abortion care. Significance on New Guidelines: WHO claimed, would prevent more than 25

Utility: A direct question can be asked on Rural Healthcare due to COVID. Also, content can be used in Essays/Answers

Context: The National Health Authority (NHA) has initiated a consultation process on the retention of health data by health-care providers

15th Fc on Heath: 15th Finance commission recommended a health grant of 70,000 crore which is to be released over

Context: With the rise in non-communicable diseases, the requirement of palliative care is a must. What is palliative care? WHO defined

Background: During the Pandemic, Ayurveda based self-medication was promoted. But no attempt was made to educate people with the correct

Background: Right from the days of smallpox, vaccines were designed for all age groups. However, after the smallpox eradication and

Summary: India’s public health expenditure remains one of the lowest among major economies in the world. It needs to do

Facts: Physical infrastructure: India has 1.3 beds per 1,000 people; 0.5 pharmacists per 1,000 people & 0.8 physicians per 1,000