Mass organisations, public health activists and civil society groups demand Delhi Govt.to declare dengue an epidemic and ensure that no hospital refuses to admit dengue patients
Delhi citizens protest against complete breakdown of health services Read More »
Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, Rajasthan registered protest at Vidhan Sabha today against the decision of the state govt. to hand over various health care facilities into private hands.
JSA Rajasthan Registers Protest at Vidhan Sabha Against Privatisation Read More »
The tragic events culminating in the suicide of the parents of Avinash, a seven year old child who had succumbed to dengue fever, largely due to the apathy of a number of private hospitals, have laid bare the pathetic condition of health care services in Delhi.
The Dengue Epidemic in Delhi and Demise of Public Healthcare Read More »
Even a mild attempt by the Ministry of Health to suggest the primacy of public services in its draft National Health Policy receives a sharp rebuke from Niti Ayog. In a letter to the Ministry (circulated in parts of the Press a couple of weeks back), the Niti Ayog wrote: “Even though one might find it morally and ethically reprehensible – this system of two-tier care – one for those with means and a voice and the other for the voiceless and indigent will continue to exist in the short or even medium term as it would be logistically impossible to shift the majority of patient load from the private to the public sector”.
Rajasthan appears to be turning into a laboratory for privatisation of public health services. Four different strategies to privatise all tiers of public health care are being mooted.
Rajasthan a laboratory for privatisation of public health services Read More »
During a pilot project in direct benefits transfers, a fifth of the beneficiary households never received any money, and among those who did 70% got it after much delay, writes Sulakshana Nandi. Read the report in Scroll.in
Chhattisgarh’s experiment with cash transfers for food rations has been a disaster Read More »
JSA-Maharashtra organised press conferences / press releases in various parts of the state to announce the NHRC JSA public hearings in the Western Region, to be organised in Mumbai on 6-7 January 2016. In Mumbai JSA organised a press conference, where along with JSA activists, some patients who have suffered serious negligence and denial in private hospitals also spoke. See coverage in Times of India, Indian Express, Economic Times, DNA and PTI.
JSA – Maharashtra press briefings on Western Regional Public Hearing Read More »
The Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) and Public Health Resource Network (PHRN) release report on the 4th round of assessment of policy and programme on breastfeeding and infant and young child feeding for India. Download the report here.
4th Assessment of India’s Policies and Programs on Child Feeding released Read More »
