On April 5th, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Two days later marked World Health Day. In 2021, World Health Day occurs once more against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time Health Issues India covered World Health Day last year, I wrote “India [had] reported thousands of infections and well in excess of 100 deaths.” One year on, the situation is markedly more severe with India ranking as the third-most-affected country by the pandemic in terms of confirmed cases thus far; the fifth-most-affected country in terms of active cases; and the fourth-most-affected in terms of death. That World Health Day comes at a period when India is witnessing a second COVID-19 wave underscores the disparities between where we were this time last year and where we are now. But it is key to remember that COVID-19 - while an overwhelming crisis - is not the sole health issue we are grappling with. Nothing could be further from the … Read Full Article about World Health Day in a time of global crisis – again
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