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  • Is Training Informal Healthcare Providers The Solution to India’s Doctor Shortage?

    Is Training Informal Healthcare Providers The Solution to India’s Doctor Shortage?

    India, like other developing countries, is struggling with a scarcity of formally trained medical professionals, especially in rural and isolated areas. This gap has fueled the proliferation of informal healthcare providers, known pejoratively as “medical quacks.” These untrained providers provide more than 70 percent of primary care in rural India.…