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India accounts for the
highest number of snakebite cases and deaths in the world. A snakebite can kill, and survivors can be disabled. Yet, publicly available government data for snakebites are patchy – different data sets giving widely different numbers.
There is also a class dimension to who is worst affected by snakebites: most victims live in rural, forested or agricultural areas, as snakes live and move more freely there.
“There is no single registry for this data,” said Deepti Beri, a researcher at the India office of
the George Institute for Global Health, Australia. “It exists with the government and with the police and is collected by hospitals. This has created different data on snakebites across data sets.” Beri has been studying snakebite data in India and has found big differences in how data are recorded and that the numbers vary across data sets.
Budget 2021: Modernise infrastructure, increase expenditure; what healthcare sector expects this year
Increased budgetary allocation for healthcare, ease of GST regulations, and a commitment by citizens to invest in insurance will position India s healthcare sector to take a giant step forward
Preetha Reddy | January 28, 2021 | Updated 11:10 IST
The sector is hopeful that the upcoming budget will introduce a health infrastructure technology upgradation fund
The Union Budget 2021 that is set to be announced on February 1, comes amid the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed over 20 lakh lives globally and caused over 1.5 lakh fatalities in India. The pandemic disrupted millions of lives, a new normal continues to take shape and most importantly, the crisis highlighted the need for governments to make healthcare a priority. In our country, it is vital that the sector gets sufficient attention to add infrastructure and also weave in much more resilience into the entire
The Indian Parliament is set to have its first budget session since the coronavirus outbreak hit the country. Here is a look at how Covid-19 will shape India's Budget 2021.
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