Health Services and Supplies

A Guardian article discusses the work of LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) in India. LVPEI is a network of more than 80...

The Economic Times recently discussed Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), an insurance scheme, in which premiums are paid for by central and...

Indian medical technology developer Forus Health Pvt. Ltd. has recently raised $5 million from two venture capital funds. The investments by Accel...

Bloomburg Businessweek has recently reported on jugaad innovation – an approach that refers to overcoming significant constraints thought the development of affordable,...

The Medtronic Foundation is to invest $6 million of venture philanthropy to accelerate quality care and management of diabetes and heart disease...

The idea for this report grew out of a meeting of leaders of the microfinance and health communities held in Ahmedabad, India...

With the medical device industry estimated to be worth $2.75 billion and expected to grow to $14 billion by 2020, an increasing...

After nearly 25 years of work involving multi-institution, multi-country collaboration, India last week announced its first locally developed anti-diarrhoea vaccine. Effective against...

Adoption of Information Technology is important in improving access to healthcare in India. After pilot projects in a few states, Central Ministry...

At just Rs. 100 per subscriber, Sevamob is transforming on the ground primary healthcare service in the far-flung areas of North India...

In a bid to provide clean drinking water, a new wave of social enterprises emerged and showed an unleashing potential to tackle...

As part of HP's continued commitment to making healthcare accessible to people living in remote parts of India, HP today announced the...

There are several people our society does not accept willingly. The leprosy-affected and the mentally handicapped are some of them. Imagine an...

Merck for Mothers just launched a three-year, $10 million initiative to tackle maternal mortality in India, where the need is as great...

Villgro has made an equity investment in Windmill Health Technologies and will provide intense mentoring, talent and access to relevant networks, to...

The cost of immunising millions of the world’s most vulnerable children against five deadly and debilitating diseases is set to fall, thanks...

In February, at the India Call to Action on Child Survival and Development Summit, India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released...

The government’s plan to create a new cadre of trained individuals to provide basic healthcare in villages has received a setback with...

On January 13th the Wall Street Journal ran an article detailing how India has managed to get to a point where it...

The Rockefeller Foundation-backed Lok Capital, a dedicated VC fund focused on serving the BOP (bottom of the pyramid) has bought ‘a significant...

Health Horizon 2021 - Health Horizons 2021 is the first of a series of sector-focused "Future Social Enterprise Opportunities" reports written in...

Low cost healthcare delivery (LCHD) has progressed considerably in India. National Rural Health Mission’s (NRHM) reforms have led to improvements in key...

Systematic assessment of recent health research output from India, and its relation with the estimated disease burden, is not available. This information...

Background More than 2·3 million children died in India in 2005; however, the major causes of death have not been measured in...