Once again the government has turned daily vaccinations into a record-creating event instead of focusing on consistently administering a large number of doses each day. On August 27, India set a new record for a single day’s vaccination when 10.7 million doses were administered, a steep increase from 8.3 million vaccinations on previous two days … Continue reading Misplaced priorities: Focus is on record vaccinations a day than consistency
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‘There is an absence of political will to give primacy to health’
India has to not only increase resources for healthcare but also radically transform the architecture of the country's healthcare delivery system, if the nation is to achieve the government’s vision of assuring health for all, says a paper published in The Lancet on Friday. There are several deficiencies and structural problems with the health-care system … Continue reading ‘There is an absence of political will to give primacy to health’