Down to the district: The healthcare crisis in 5 states going to polls

India has a healthcare crisis, but solutions need to be state- and district-specific

While healthcare has largely been a neglected issue in past Indian general elections, major parties started talking about health in their manifestos from 2004.

In some states, there’s evidence it is becoming increasingly important, this 2014 Lancet report said, citing the Rajiv Aarogyasri Community Health Insurance Scheme for poor families as a major reason for a second term in 2009 for the late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S R Reddy, and Gujarat’s Chiranjeevi Yojana, which provides skilled healthcare