Healthcare Access

How healthcare policies, programmes, and innovations are shaping access to medical care for people across India and Asia.

Nutrition  ·  Child Health  ·  India

India’s nutrition experts urge tougher food rules as childhood obesity rises

A new ICMR-NIN policy roadmap calls for front-of-pack nutrition labels, restrictions on marketing unhealthy foods to children, and taxes on high-fat, salt and sugar products, as India confronts a growing double burden of undernutrition and rising childhood obesity.

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26 July 2026
India  ·  Public Health

West Bengal joins Ayushman Bharat: Nearly 60 million people to gain access to cashless healthcare

West Bengal becomes the 36th and final province to implement Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY, bringing cashless hospital coverage worth up to ₹5 lakh per family to nearly 60 million people across the state.

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17 June 2026