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India 12th among 52 lower middle-income nations having highest infant mortality rates
Babies born in Japan, Iceland and Singapore have the best chance of survival, while newborns in Pakistan, the Central African Republic and Afghanistan face the worst odds, the report stated
ESIC draws plan to cover 10-cr formal sector workers by 2022
At present, the ESIC covers around 3 crore formal sector employees in the country, with a total beneficiaries of over 12 crore under its health insurance scheme.According to the statement, the “ESIC Vision 2022” was approved in-principal during the meeting. The vision envisages expansion of ESI Scheme in each district of the country with a target of covering 10-crore workers by 2022
Private sector is committed to engaging with the Government on NHPC
“Definitely, the private sector will need to play a key role in ensuring the delivery of quality care, she added. The private sector is committed to engaging with the Government, in the true spirit of Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) and develop innovative models of collaboration to ensure that the beneficiaries get the care they deserve,” Sunita Reddy
UK to double health surcharge for foreign visitors, students
According to the department’s estimates, the NHS spends 470 pounds on average per person per year on treating surcharge payers. Its projections suggest that the increased charges may provide around an extra 220 million pounds every year, which will be pumped back into NHS services.
Mega healthcare scheme ‘game changer’, financing not a constraint: Niti Gauri Aayog
Many experts have questioned the ability of the government to fund such as ambitious scheme and also the availability of infrastructure to provide medical facilities for a large number of people across the country.
Finances will never be a problem for National Health Protection Scheme: J P Nadda
“It is not only an insurance. There are many models which we are going to work out. That is why I am not saying now. We will come out with a full programme. We are going fast on it,” he said, adding that the government is committed on it.
New health insurance plan may cost Centre, states $1.71 bn a year
RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagran Manch has cautioned the government against engaging foreign insurance companies for providing health cover to the poor under a flagship programme announced in the Union budget.
Govt to roll out health cover scheme from next fiscal: FM,likely to be launched on either August 15 or October 2,
* Niti Aayog estimates NHPS will cost govt Rs 5000-6000 crore at a premium of RS 1000-1200 per family assuming 50% coverage in the first year
* Centre and state share will be 60:40. Hence the Centre will have to shell out Rs 3000 crore
* Scheme can be funded from 1% additional cess which will fetch Rs 11,000 crore
* Challenge will be scheme implementation and governance
Budget may raise health spending by 11%
Nadda argued the funds were needed for expanding vaccination coverage and free drugs distribution, and also to ward off a growing threat of non-communicable diseases, such as cancer and diabetes, which killed 6 million people in India in 2016.
As PM2.5 emission norms kick in, threat from finer particles will emerge: Experts
PM2.5, though, is deemed to be dangerous to human health. In September 2017, a study released by the Energy Policy Institute at The University of Chicago stated that long-term exposure to PM2.5 had direct effect on life-expectancy, with average life of an Indian dropping by four years. The study said that people in Delhi could live nine years longer if particle pollutant meet the standards.