Health issues in India
Measles is a preventable disease – so why have cases almost quadrupled in a year? The first three months of 2019 witnessed dramatic increases in rates of the disease in every region of the world, compared to the same period last year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). 170 countries reported 112,163 cases of […]
A major part of the Government’s healthcare agenda has been the promotion of alternative medicines. To this end, the BJP government established a cabinet ministry in 2014 to promote traditional and alternative medicine systems like ayurveda, yoga, naturopathy, unani, siddha, and homoeopathy named the AYUSH ministry). Under the previous Congress government, AYUSH was a small […]
Here is another example of the crumbling state of India’s healthcare infrastructure and the reason behind lack of access to essential, life-saving drugs. India has a shortage of an estimated 600,000 doctors and two million nurses, claims a study conducted by the Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), titled “Access Barriers to Antibiotics.” […]
Leprosy was declared eliminated in India in 2005, yet the number of disease cases appear to be rising. Leprosy, if left untreated, can ruin lives. However, stigma, much like the disease itself, is also capable of inflicting severe damage to the wellbeing and dignity of the sufferer. The number of new infections in India has […]
Could India be vulnerable to potential bioterrorist attacks? Firstpost believe so. They cite an event that occurred in Cologne, Germany in June of 2018. German police raided a block of flats and arrested a man who was planning on committing an act of terror by releasing large quantities of a biological toxin called ricin. Their […]
A major threat that has been making headlines worldwide because of its enigmatic and drug-resistant nature is making its presence known in India. Drug-resistant infections are already widely known about. Malaria, tuberculosis and numerous other diseases are becoming more difficult to treat year after year as drug resistance becomes more commonplace. However, one infection — […]
The global school strike against climate change for a greener and a cleaner world today enters its 34th week. It is #FridaysForFuture – a day for schoolchildren across the world to skip their classes and hit the streets to voice their concerns over global warming. Today in a remarkable development leading climate scientists joined the […]
Elections for the 17th Lok Sabha polls began yesterday, commencing the largest election in world history, which will pan out in seven phases over the next month. The first phase witnessed an overwhelming turnout in 91 constituencies across twenty states, where 140 million Indians were eligible to vote. Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda took […]
Pollution from traffic is driving an asthma crisis in India’s children, a new study suggests. Exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) contributes to 350,000 new cases of childhood asthma in India every year, estimates a research paper published today in The Lancet. This is the second highest burden of new TRAP-related cancer cases in the […]
A five-month-old baby has become the youngest Indian to receive a liver transplant. Ariana Dey is doing well after a ten-hour-long operation, which took eighteen hours to prepare for. It was like a second birth for the baby who got a new life after her mother donated Ariana part of her liver at the Max […]
