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Over half the people pushed into poverty worldwide due to healthcare expenses are from India: WHO report

India accounts for over half of the estimated 100 million people pushed into poverty worldwide every year due to out-of-pocket expenses on healthcare, a joint report on universal health coverage by the World Health Org

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Dr Soumya Swaminathan appointed WHO’s deputy director general for programmes

Dr Soumya Swaminathan, director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has been appointed the deputy director general for programmes (DDP) of World Health Organisation (WHO).

 By - Livemint On October 4, 2017