India
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Towards equitable NCD care in India
12th December 2024
India has the world’s largest health insurance scheme, launched in September 2018. Despite this important step, the achievement of health equity is a way away and calls for concerted action.
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NCD voices inform India’s programme for NCD prevention and control
14th November 2023
In this feature, the Healthy India Alliance (HIA) shares the importance of meaningful involvement in tackling noncommunicable diseases in India’s NCD plan.
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The community cure
06th October 2022
Mental health disorders are common and their prevalence is increasing, yet stigma, cost and lack of trained professionals means that most people who need treatment never get it. India is demonstrating that the solution could lie in local communities.
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Integrating maternal and child health and NCD services: Recipe for post-COVID recovery
02nd December 2021
Dr Nimisha Goel (MBBS, MD) explores maternal, newborn and child health in India in the context of post-COVID recovery.
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Joint Mission of the UN Interagency Task Force on NCDs to India
19th December 2014
A joint mission of the United Nations Inter Agency Task Force (UNIATF) on the Prevention and Control of NCDs visited India from 8-12 December with the goal of enhancing UN support to the Government of India to scale up the national multisectoral response to NCDs.