In souther states of india - doctors per capita approaches scandanavian level even though they dont have the same infrastructure. North is worse than sub saharan africa. But it is north which runs indian polity, thanks to 2 paisa madrasis like @Protest_again to sing and dance for them at every oppurtunity.
India’s health budget fourth lowest in world: Oxfam
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India’s health budget 4th lowest in world; among worst nations to tackle inequality in pandemic: Report
By: FE Online|
October 11, 2020 3:19 PM
India, which is ranked 129 out of 158 countries in the Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index by Oxfam, spent just 4 per cent of its budget on health going into the pandemic -- fourth lowest in the world.
Even as the government has been regularly reporting an increasing level of Covid-19 recoveries, the country doesn’t seem to have fared well in terms of fighting inequality among its people going into the pandemic. That’s because of low spending on public healthcare, poor access health services and labour rights etc, according to Oxfam – an international confederation of charitable organisations. India, which is ranked 129 out of 158 countries in the Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index by Oxfam, spent just 4 per cent of its budget on health going into the pandemic — fourth lowest in the world, the index said. In fact, just 26 of the 158 countries surveyed for this year’s index were spending the recommended 15 per cent of their budgets on health to fight Covid.
“Nigeria, Bahrain and India, which is currently experiencing the world’s fastest-growing outbreak of COVID-19, were among the world’s worst-performing countries in tackling inequality going into the pandemic,” the index report said. It also claimed that despite an already disastrous track record on workers’ rights, several state governments in India have used Covid-19 as a pretext to increase daily working hours from 8 to 12 hours a day and suspend minimum pay legislation, devastating the livelihoods of millions of poor workers now battling hunger.
The index added that only half of India’s population have access to even the most essential health services while over 70 per cent of health spending is being met by people themselves. Also, most workers earn less than half of the minimum wage, 71 per cent don’t have any written job contract while 54 per cent do not get paid leave. Further, it noted that only around 10 per cent of the workforce in India is formal, with safe working conditions and social security.
The index, which was published earlier this week, ranked countries measuring their policies and actions in three areas that it said are proven to be directly related to reducing inequality — Public services including health, education and social protection, taxation, and workers’ rights. “The poorest people are least able to isolate, to protect themselves. They are more likely to have pre-existing poor health, making them more likely to die. Economically, it is ordinary people who are losing their jobs in their tens of millions, facing huge levels of hunger and hardship,” it said.
The CRI index also ranked India eight from the bottom of top 10 lowest scorers with respect to measures for trade unions, legal protection for women workers and minimum wages. India was also ranked fifth last among bottom 10 spenders on public services including education, health and social protection. “Towards the bottom of the overall health spending ranking is India, which has also made cuts to its health budget (albeit small) and has fallen to third-last position of this ranking,” it added.
The government on Sunday had said that India’s total Covid recoveries have crossed the “landmark milestone of 60 lakh.” It said that due to the enhanced countrywide medical infrastructure, implementation of the Centre’s Standard Treatment Protocol by the States/UTs, and total dedication & commitment of doctors, paramedics and frontline workers have led to a consistent slide in the number of daily fatalities. The total active cases in India stand at 8,67,496, ,” Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a statement.
The index, which was published earlier this week, ranked countries measuring their policies and actions in three areas that it said are proven to be directly related to reducing inequality — Public services including health, education and social protection, taxation, and workers’ rights. “The poorest people are least able to isolate, to protect themselves. They are more likely to have pre-existing poor health, making them more likely to die. Economically, it is ordinary people who are losing their jobs in their tens of millions, facing huge levels of hunger and hardship,” it said.
The CRI index also ranked India eight from the bottom of top 10 lowest scorers with respect to measures for trade unions, legal protection for women workers and minimum wages. India was also ranked fifth last among bottom 10 spenders on public services including education, health and social protection. “Towards the bottom of the overall health spending ranking is India, which has also made cuts to its health budget (albeit small) and has fallen to third-last position of this ranking,” it added.
The government on Sunday had said that India’s total Covid recoveries have crossed the “landmark milestone of 60 lakh.” It said that due to the enhanced countrywide medical infrastructure, implementation of the Centre’s Standard Treatment Protocol by the States/UTs, and total dedication & commitment of doctors, paramedics and frontline workers have led to a consistent slide in the number of daily fatalities. The total active cases in India stand at 8,67,496, ,” Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a statement.
By: FE Online|
October 11, 2020 3:19 PM
India, which is ranked 129 out of 158 countries in the Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index by Oxfam, spent just 4 per cent of its budget on health going into the pandemic -- fourth lowest in the world.
Even as the government has been regularly reporting an increasing level of Covid-19 recoveries, the country doesn’t seem to have fared well in terms of fighting inequality among its people going into the pandemic. That’s because of low spending on public healthcare, poor access health services and labour rights etc, according to Oxfam – an international confederation of charitable organisations. India, which is ranked 129 out of 158 countries in the Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index by Oxfam, spent just 4 per cent of its budget on health going into the pandemic — fourth lowest in the world, the index said. In fact, just 26 of the 158 countries surveyed for this year’s index were spending the recommended 15 per cent of their budgets on health to fight Covid.
“Nigeria, Bahrain and India, which is currently experiencing the world’s fastest-growing outbreak of COVID-19, were among the world’s worst-performing countries in tackling inequality going into the pandemic,” the index report said. It also claimed that despite an already disastrous track record on workers’ rights, several state governments in India have used Covid-19 as a pretext to increase daily working hours from 8 to 12 hours a day and suspend minimum pay legislation, devastating the livelihoods of millions of poor workers now battling hunger.
The index added that only half of India’s population have access to even the most essential health services while over 70 per cent of health spending is being met by people themselves. Also, most workers earn less than half of the minimum wage, 71 per cent don’t have any written job contract while 54 per cent do not get paid leave. Further, it noted that only around 10 per cent of the workforce in India is formal, with safe working conditions and social security.
The index, which was published earlier this week, ranked countries measuring their policies and actions in three areas that it said are proven to be directly related to reducing inequality — Public services including health, education and social protection, taxation, and workers’ rights. “The poorest people are least able to isolate, to protect themselves. They are more likely to have pre-existing poor health, making them more likely to die. Economically, it is ordinary people who are losing their jobs in their tens of millions, facing huge levels of hunger and hardship,” it said.
The CRI index also ranked India eight from the bottom of top 10 lowest scorers with respect to measures for trade unions, legal protection for women workers and minimum wages. India was also ranked fifth last among bottom 10 spenders on public services including education, health and social protection. “Towards the bottom of the overall health spending ranking is India, which has also made cuts to its health budget (albeit small) and has fallen to third-last position of this ranking,” it added.
The government on Sunday had said that India’s total Covid recoveries have crossed the “landmark milestone of 60 lakh.” It said that due to the enhanced countrywide medical infrastructure, implementation of the Centre’s Standard Treatment Protocol by the States/UTs, and total dedication & commitment of doctors, paramedics and frontline workers have led to a consistent slide in the number of daily fatalities. The total active cases in India stand at 8,67,496, ,” Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a statement.
The index, which was published earlier this week, ranked countries measuring their policies and actions in three areas that it said are proven to be directly related to reducing inequality — Public services including health, education and social protection, taxation, and workers’ rights. “The poorest people are least able to isolate, to protect themselves. They are more likely to have pre-existing poor health, making them more likely to die. Economically, it is ordinary people who are losing their jobs in their tens of millions, facing huge levels of hunger and hardship,” it said.
The CRI index also ranked India eight from the bottom of top 10 lowest scorers with respect to measures for trade unions, legal protection for women workers and minimum wages. India was also ranked fifth last among bottom 10 spenders on public services including education, health and social protection. “Towards the bottom of the overall health spending ranking is India, which has also made cuts to its health budget (albeit small) and has fallen to third-last position of this ranking,” it added.
The government on Sunday had said that India’s total Covid recoveries have crossed the “landmark milestone of 60 lakh.” It said that due to the enhanced countrywide medical infrastructure, implementation of the Centre’s Standard Treatment Protocol by the States/UTs, and total dedication & commitment of doctors, paramedics and frontline workers have led to a consistent slide in the number of daily fatalities. The total active cases in India stand at 8,67,496, ,” Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a statement.
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Now 100% of the households are covered. Also the insurance amount is now 1 million.
578 USD per capita for 200 million people translates to 100 billion USD. That is bigger than the Pakistan government budget.
that was another separate post then and it was made by us pakistanis . i remember i was in high school we paid for it too sometimes they give us token . i mean to say pakistani public can make things happen too . for example edhi is charity org having helicopters aircrafts thousands of ambulances hospitals care centers schools its happen because of us . i did not merge both posts bhai jan
we make things happen
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Pakistan has the world’s largest ambulance service – (Guinness record)
Fawad Ahmed April 21, 2017 Discover Pakistan, News Leave a comment 7,070 Views
Pakistan’s Edhi Foundation, which is also listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, operates the world’s largest ambulance network. Founded by Abdul Sattar Edhi, the Edhi Foundation is a non-profit social welfare program in Pakistan. It was established in 1951. Until his death in 2016, Edhi was the head of the organization and his wife Bilquis, oversees the maternity and adoption services of the foundation. The Edhi Foundation also has a number of branches in various countries including UK, Canada, Japan, US and Bangladesh where they provide relief to refugees. The Foundation provided $100,000 in aid to relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina.
In 1991 the Foundation provided aid to victims of the Gulf war and earthquake victims in Iran and Egypt. Since 1997, the organization has held the Guinness record for world’s “largest volunteer ambulance organization”.
Headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan, the Edhi Foundation offers 24-hour emergency assistance across Pakistan as well as abroad. Shelter for the destitute, free hospitals and medical care, drug rehabilitation services, and national and international relief efforts include some of the services provided by the organization. Emergency Services, Orphans, Handicapped Persons, Shelters, Education, Healthcare, International Community Centers, Blood & Drug Bank, air ambulance services, Marine And Coastal Services are its main focus.
Today the Edhi Foundation has more than 300 centers across Pakistan. They own air ambulances as well in order to extend fast access to far-flung areas.
The foundation also has a Legal aid department that offers free services. It has also secured the release of many innocent prisoners. Commissioned doctors go to jails regularly and supply food and other essentials to the inmates. In addition, the foundation has a number of ” Apna Ghar” [“Our Home”] homes for the destitute children, runaways, and psychotics.
As of March 2016, the Edhi Foundation owns more than 1,800 private ambulance vans stationed across Pakistan. The ambulance dispatchers in Karachi have reported up to 6,000 calls per day.
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why does densely populated country like Pakistan need air ambulances ?
Don't know which selected division and which state are you talking about, overall India in healthcare is bad to worst...
In this age of internet and media bombardment it is naive to hide the reality...
India is good in small parts, maybe 5-8% of the population, maybe slightly more, rest of it is a sea of poverty and disease...
India worse than Bhutan, Bangladesh in healthcare, ranks 145th globally
India worse than Bhutan, Bangladesh in healthcare, ranks 145th globally
Goa performs best, Assam worst within Indiawww.business-standard.com
India in healthcare hall of shame, ranked worst among peers and neighbours | India News - Times of India
India News: Sri Lanka and China fight for the top spot in India’s neighbourhood on most parameters followed by Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal.timesofindia.indiatimes.com
India's healthcare apathy: Poor quality of care kills more than lack of access to treatment facilities - India News , Firstpost
More than one million of 8.6 million preventable deaths were from neonatal conditions and tuberculosis in people who accessed the health system but received poor quality of care in 2016.www.firstpost.com
The biggest healthcare issue in India is sanitation and environmental pollution
If you want to objectively look at health care there are two numbers --
infant mortality rate and life expectancy
India is 56th worst country on infant mortality rate. Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan are in the same ballpark. Sri lanka and Maldives have great records here.
On life expectancy India is 58th worst country. Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan are in the same ballpark. Sri lanka and Maldives have great records here.
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