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State of Healthcare in Rural India 2024
September 1 , 2024
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- The survey was jointly undertaken by the non-government organisation (NGO) Transform Rural India and Development Intelligence Unit.
- Only about half of the rural households in the country have government health insurance.
- 34% lack any health insurance coverage at all, and 61% of those surveyed lack life insurance.
- Only 12.2% households of the survey have access to subsidised medicines from Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendras, while 21% lack a commutable medical store.
- One in five reported no drainage system in their villages.
- Only 23% had a covered drainage network system in their villages.
- 43% of households did not have any scientific system of waste disposal and they ended up with dumping their waste everywhere.
- Only 11% burn the dry waste and convert their wet waste into compost.
- 28% reported that the local panchayat has made plans to collect household waste.
- Only 10% of the households rely on neighbourhood support in the absence of family caregivers.
- Key caregivers for pregnant women include husbands (62.7%), mothers-in-law (50%), and mothers (36.4%).
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