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State is obligated to ensure access to healthcare by the Constitution

The right to health is not mentioned explicitly in the Indian Constitution. However, the judiciary has played an imperative role over the years in recognising this right … See more

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Healthcare as a right: Analysis of the Rajasthan Right to Health Bill

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Rajasthan Right to Health Care Act, 2023: What it entails, and how …

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Supreme Court solidifies the law on medical negligence: Is it the

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ASHA and Anganwadi Workers Are the Backbones of India’s Rural …

WebAn ASHA is the first port of call for any health-related demands of the deprived sections of the rural population, especially women and children. ASHAs also …

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Why India’s Health Care Systems Fail to Provide for Marginalised

WebThe ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has made it all too plain that access to healthcare in India is determined largely by the deep socio-economic and cultural …

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Using Empathy to Shatter the Stigma of Mental Illness

WebStigma is the cornerstone of the stumbling blocks that mar every step in the process to reduce the prevalence of mental illness. From acceptance of symptoms of …

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New draft health law to replace the Epidemic Diseases Act: an …

WebThe Public Health Bill, 2017 needs to address the legal deficiency in planning, surveillance, communication, coordination, and protection of persons during a …

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Rajasthan’s Right to Health Care Act: Promises and pitfalls

WebThough the state government has come to a consensus with the doctors over the latter’s disagreement with the Rajasthan Right to Health Care Act, 2023, the …

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Is the decline in multidimensional poverty in India real

WebIN National Multidimensional Poverty Index— A Progress Review 2023, released on July 18, 2023, the NITI Aayog has reported that multidimensional poverty in …

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Analyzing Supreme Court’s Attempt To Safeguard Right To Health

WebThe burgeoning stress of COVID-19 has brought to fore glaring inadequacies in India's healthcare system. To address this the Supreme Court took suo moto cognizance …

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Kashmir clampdown: Government urged to allow patients to …

Web[dropcap]A[/dropcap] group of 18 doctors have asked the central government to ease restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir besides taking all the required measures to …

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Simple lack of care, an error of judgement or an accident, is not a

WebO N November 30, the Supreme Court, in Bombay Hospital & Medical Research Centre vs. Asha Jaiswal & Ors., set aside the order of the National Consumer …

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Healing India’s Healthcare with Community Participation

WebAt least two-thirds of India’s 1.4 billion people depend on the public healthcare system, but the country has only 8.5 hospital beds and 8 physicians per …

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Health – The Leaflet

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Occupational Safety and Health: Why India should endorse the …

WebIndia faces big challenges in its efforts towards ratification of ILO Conventions relating to OSH. The first progressive step that it could take in this direction is to endorse …

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Madras High Court’s recent decision on disability rights mark a

WebOn May 12, a single-judge bench of Justice G.R. Swaminathan of the Madras High Court held that persons suffering from mental retardation or mental illness are …

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Sexual Harassment at Workplace: Part I Introducing the 2013 Act

WebThe Sexual Harassment (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 is gendered as it only permits women to be the complainant in …

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Lessons from private sector engagement with COVID-19 for …

WebThe COVID-19 crisis may be looked upon as a historic opportunity for re-imagining public health systems, as well as their engagement with private healthcare – …

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