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Tag: Health & Nutrition
Why Budget 2021-2022 Should Increase Allocations for Child Health and Nutrition
Apart from allocation of funds, their release, approval and reporting also need to be streamlined.
Covid Needed Special Attention to Health but Modi Govt Budget Doesn’t Give a Clear Roadmap
Direct spending via Health Ministry continues to be low. After a 24 per cent increase during the current fiscal, allocations for FY22 fall by 11 per cent.
Despite Pandemic, Health Budget Sees Little Real Increase
Water and sanitation outlays included in the health budget; nutrition outlay actually down.
CRY Webinar Highlights Need for Better Budgets to Improve Nutrition of Children and Women
Ahead of Union Budget 2021, CRY and CBGA held a national webinar to discuss the challenges in improving the nutrition and health of children and women during and beyond the pandemic.
Budget 2021 Explainer: Healthcare After The Pandemic
This explainer on public health financing in India ahead of Budget2021 delineates the key areas of central and state funding, and explains why this year’s budget is especially significant.
Rs 1.3 Lakh Crore – a.k.a. What’s Expected of the Health Budget This Year
At the end of a traumatic year, largely caused by a pandemic, it is indeed to be expected that health expenditure would be a central aspect of the budget to be presented in February 2021.
Budget Byte: Public Health & Wellness Centres Saw Huge Turnout in 2020
In 2020, health and wellness centres (HWCs) saw an unprecedented turnout — over three times that in 2018-2019. In some states such as Rajasthan and Maharashtra, footfall went up four to six times.
The Partial NFHS-5 Data Is Reason Enough for Serious Concern, Urgent Action
Partial results from the National Family Health Survey Round 5 (NFHS-5) released last week draw attention to the crisis of malnutrition in the country. There is an improvement in some indicators in some states, but on the whole in most states there is a worsening in indicators.
Child Nutrition Crisis May Derail India’s Aspirations
It can be tempting to blame every crisis on the Covid-19 pandemic. But quite often, facts get in the way. Many things were bad enough even prior to the onset of the pandemic, that gutted so many lives and livelihoods. The latest data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) is a case in point.