Women in India can expect to live just over 60 years of a healthy life, on average, not affected by disabling illness or injuries. This is the lowest healthy life expectancy among the eleven countries in the World Health Organization′s (WHO) South East Asia region, reveals a WHO report on progress in attaining universal health coverage and health-related sustainable development goals in the region. 

For men too, only two countries in the region, Timor-Leste and Myanmar, are worse in terms of healthy life expectancy. Countries with the best performance in the region include Sri Lanka, Thailand and Maldives. The health spending in these countries, as a share of total government expenditure, is one of the highest in the region. The estimated share of health expenditure in total government expenditure is the lowest in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar… (ET Healthworld – TNN, September 17, 2021)