Health Infrastructure
Cold chain equipment maintenance: a roadmap for rural facilities
A mandated sickness rate of less than 2%. This single, uncompromising metric forms the bedrock of vaccine storage integrity…
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Explore rigorous epidemiological data, clinical research, and policy analyses shaping reproductive and child healthcare across India.
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Château du Clos Lucé tickets: refund rules for RCH delegates
Buying Château du Clos Lucé tickets through the official channel means accepting a transaction that is normally final. The…
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Rural referral pathways: PHC, CHC, or district hospital?
A woman in her seventh month of pregnancy walks into a sub-centre in a block I'm familiar with — bleeding, anxious, alone on the…
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How AI Chatbots Are Empowering India’s Frontline Workers to Reduce Maternal Mortality
The maternal health machinery is leaking at the last mile — and someone finally bolted an AI chatbot onto the pipe. As reported…
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Bridging the Funding Gap: New Economic Evidence to Scale Breastfeeding Support
The World Health Organization reports that the Global Breastfeeding Collective, led by WHO and UNICEF, has launched new evidence…
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Sub-Center to HWC Upgrades: A Step-by-Step Facility Guide
A rural health sub-center is not converted into an Ayushman Arogya Mandir by repainting its exterior or installing a…
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PHC Vaccine Cold Chain: A Setup Guide for Rural Clinics
A rural PHC vaccine cold chain fails at its weakest control point. The relevant failure points are measurable: an ILR outside…
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Behavior change communication and education - A crucial solution for implementing the Population Strategy.
The North East Institute of Social Sciences and Research (NEISSR) just locked in a partnership with Vitamin Angels through a…
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Kerala University of Health Sciences Launches Four New Public Health Initiatives
Kerala University of Health Sciences is set to roll out four new projects this Friday, according to a report by The Hindu.
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Rural PHC power solutions: solar, hybrid, or grid
A rural Primary Health Centre can have a trained nurse, an equipped labour room, essential medicines, and a woman in active…
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District hospital capacity audit: documents to gather first
A district hospital capacity audit does not fail because the assessor cannot find a ward. It fails weeks earlier, when the…
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PHC referral pathways: digital versus paper slips
A referral from a primary health centre to a district hospital is never just a form. In the maternity room, in an outpatient…
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Paper registers versus mobile apps for ASHA data
In a busy village clinic, the most revealing question is not whether an ASHA worker owns a smartphone. It is whether she can…
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Ayushman Bharat HWC Upgrades: A Step-by-Step Roadmap
India’s Ayushman Arogya Mandir portal reported 186,604 functional facilities on 26 July 2026. That figure exceeds the original…
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Community Health Center Audit: Pre-Assessment Checklist
Walk into a Community Health Centre (CHC) two weeks before a state quality assessment and the pattern is familiar across…
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Rural PHC cold chain failure: what is the backup plan?
An Ice-Lined Refrigerator trips at 11 PM during a thunderstorm. The backup generator is present but cannot start, or its fuel is…
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Primary health center medical supply chain gaps behind rural drug shortages
India’s rural drug shortage is not reducible to a single national stock-out percentage. No current, comparable national rate…