Tag: Health care in India

A study based on National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) data has revealed that India has 20.6 health workers per 10,000 people. The study has been published in BMJ Open. The number of health workers is less than the World health Organisation’s minimum threshold of 22.8. However, the numbers have increased from 19 health workers per… Continue reading India has 20 health workers for 10,000 people, study finds

A World Health Organisation database has put India into the “critical shortage of healthcare providers” category. India continues to have low density of health professionals with the number being lower than those of Sri Lanka, China, Thailand, United Kingdom and Brazil. There are also inequitable distributions of skilled health workers. Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and… Continue reading India faces acute shortage of healthcare providers’