{"id":8645,"date":"2025-10-25T03:31:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T22:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/1-doctor-for-1000-people-who-standard-that-never-was\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T03:31:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T22:01:26","slug":"1-doctor-for-1000-people-who-standard-that-never-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/1-doctor-for-1000-people-who-standard-that-never-was\/","title":{"rendered":"1 doctor for 1,000 people: WHO &#8216;standard&#8217; that never was"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nshorts-mobile-frame\">\n<div class=\"nshorts-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-124794873,imgsize-8304,width-400,resizemode-4\/1-doc-for-1k-people-who-standard-that-never-was.jpg\" alt=\"1 doctor for 1,000 people: WHO &#039;standard&#039; that never was\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"nshorts-headline\">1 doctor for 1,000 people: WHO &#039;standard&#039; that never was<\/div>\n<div class=\"nshorts-summary\">The widely cited 1 doctor per 1,000 population ratio is a myth, the WHO has clarified. This figure, often used by governments to justify expanding medical colleges, lacks WHO backing. Experts emphasize that health workforce planning must consider unique national needs, not a universal benchmark. The actual WHO threshold for essential health services is higher and more nuanced<\/div>\n<div class=\"nshorts-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/1-doctor-for-1000-people-who-standard-that-never-was\/articleshow\/124794865.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"nshorts-disclaimer\">Technically enhanced content presented under fair use in public-interest journalism.<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 doctor for 1,000 people: WHO &#039;standard&#039; that never was The widely cited 1 doctor per 1,000 population ratio is a myth, the WHO has clarified. This figure, often used by governments to justify expanding medical colleges, lacks WHO backing. Experts emphasize that health workforce planning must consider unique national needs, not a universal benchmark. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowl-PACw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-shorts-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}