Healthcare in India

The District Cancer Control Programme (DCCP) launched in Ernakulam is a comprehensive approach to cancer prevention that utilises the services of the existing primary health care system.

According to WHO’s Global TB report 2015, India has the highest TB burden in the world. For people like Narendra, who develop extremely drug resistant TB, it is vital that new and promising drugs like bedaquiline and delamanid be made easily accessible and affordable.

How Swasth Foundation uses technology to provide affordable and quality health services to the urban poor in Mumbai.

Dr. V Shanta has been at the forefront of finding affordable cancer care in India for over six decades now. Know all about her journey from choosing medicine as a career in spite of coming from a family of scientists and Nobel laureates, her inspirations and her future plans for the dreaded disease in India.