Working Papers
The Problems of Dementia in India and the Way Forward
For people over 70, neurological illnesses rank as the second most common ailment. According to estimates, there are 5,000 new instances of dementia per year.
Shipra Agarwal
She is an active qualitative researcher who has worked on healthcare issues for over four years now. She worked with NITI Aayog as a researcher after completing her Masters in applied economics.
Surface water pollution: an emerging health threat
Abstract The primary natural resource of surface water is continually threatened by pollution brought on by anthropogenic human activity. The problem of water contamination is mostly caused by rapid population increase, urbanization, industrialisation, etc. The use of contaminated water is closely related to a number of deadly diseases. This essay
Abstract "Opinion pieces"
Is Vitamin –D deficiency a public health concern?
Ms. Shipra in this piece writes about Vitamin D deficiency in India. The prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency in a tropical country like India where sunshine is abundant is widespread affecting 70-90% of our population.
Impact Papers
Strategies for optimising doctor numbers in Western Pacific and Asian Countries: The path travelled
Dr. Reena and Ms. Shipra in this paper highlights the different stages of development of doctors and interventions implemented for optimising doctor numbers in selected Western Pacific and Southeast Asian countries.
The IP Wave
Pharma Innovation in India
This week's IP Wave talks about pharmaceutical innovations, medical patenting in India.
Working Papers
India: Health System Review Summary
Ms. Shipra Agarwal in this working paper writes and highlights the findings from the recently released India health system review by the World Health Organization.
Explainers
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Infinite Scrolling and Mental Health
Health
India's Unmet Need For Rare Diseases
As per the estimate, approximately 6 to 8% of people are affected by rare diseases worldwide. According to the estimate in 2016, in India about 72–96 million people are affected by any rare disease.
Health
Healthcare financing scenario in India
Out-of-pocket expenditure mainly consists of direct costs such as doctor’s consultation fees, medicine charges, laboratory, and other diagnostic charges paid by households.
Health
The struggle to cover pre-existing health conditions in Insurance
41 percent of Indian households have at least one usual member covered under health insurance or any financing scheme.
Health
Are the homeless Indians mentally ill?
As per census data, homeless individuals living in India have increased from 1.77 million counted in 2011(0.15% of the total population) to an estimated record of more than 4 million people currently.
Health
Quality of Life for people living with diabetes
Diabetes, a long-term condition, is well associated with quality of life. According to the International Diabetes Federation, globally, an estimated 537million people had diabetes in 2021.
Health
Prevention is the best strategy for Vector-Borne Diseases
Mosquito-Borne diseases are caused by parasites or viruses transmitted by mosquitoes that cause diseases in humans. Mosquitoes are among the deadliest vector animals globally and causes an extreme concern to public health.
Health
How safe are our healthcare facilities?
The National Building Codes and Hospitals
Healthcare2030
Nutrition
BACKGROUND Nutrition is central to the achievement of other National and Global Sustainable Development Goals. Food has a direct relation to maternal and child health. Poor nutrition among children is directly related to inadequate or unbalanced diet, leading to chronic illness (The Burden of Disease in India, WHO, 2005). The
Healthcare2030
Health Financing
BACKGROUND As defined by the WHO, health financing refers to the “function of a health system concerned with the mobilisation, accumulation and allocation of money to cover the health needs of the people, individually and collectively, in the health system”. TABLE 1. Health expenditures in Indian healthcare Year The population