Healthcare workers wearing personal protective equipment while caring for patients with COVID-19 in the Indian state of Kerala. Image credit: Javed Anees, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons India continues to break daily new case records with a further 349,691 additional cases on Sunday. This daily figure — now the highest in the world — is in stark contrast to figures […]
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Guest post: Taking the Right Steps to Boost Domestic Manufacturing
FK1954, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By TM Chen, President, Continental Carbon India Limited Policies we lay down today, pave way for the future of domestic industry. For instance, tariffs imposed on goods and services that enter the country can alter the balance of trade between the international trading partner and the tariff imposing country. […]
Malaria and COVID-19: The dual crisis continues
Last year, we prefaced our coverage of World Malaria Day with the note that “the era of COVID-19 masks the manifold health issues the world – India included – is grappling with. Malaria is among those issues – and with March 25th marking World Malaria Day, it is important to pay attention to the disease […]
India’s move to continue coal energy investment disregards health of communities
![A thermal powerplant situated @ 20 kms away of raichur [own work, CC license]. Energy infrastructure example.](https://i2.wp.com/www.healthissuesindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/800px-Raichur_Thermal_Power_Station.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 "Energy infrastructure: Why we need to rethink it")
In a move at odds with calls from the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the wider global audience that has its sights trained on the environmental status quo, draft electricity policy documents viewed by Reuters have shown that India is open to the possibility of further developing its fleet of coal-fired […]
Notified policy on rare diseases unveiled
The Central Government on Monday notified the National Health Policy for Rare Diseases, allocating Rs four crore to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) whilst approving an estimated Rs 25 crore for the year 2021-22 exclusively dedicated to rare diseases. Rare diseases, despite the rarity the term implies, are a life-changing and, unfortunately, […]
COVID-19 triple variants add to list of India’s issues
The pandemic in India has progressively worsened as new daily cases of COVID-19 have risen above 300,000. Adding to the ever-growing list of issues are the emergence of several new mutant strains. The total number of new cases on Wednesday rose to 315,802 according to Worldometers.com. This total now places India as the record holder […]
India on UK’s COVID-19 “red list”
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced the “vital but difficult” decision to add India to the UK travel “red list”, following the surge in cases of COVID-19 and detection of a new variant first identified in the country. The decision has, however, been criticised as being taken too late. “These decisions are almost inevitably […]
Sputnik V demonstrates 97.6% efficacy according to analysis of data from 3.8 million vaccinated persons in Russia making it the most efficient COVID-19 vaccine in the world
Moscow, April 19, 2021 – The Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund) today announced that the Sputnik V vaccine demonstrated efficacy of 97.6%, based on the analysis of data on the infection rate of […]
“Pandora’s box” opened as COVID-19 cases surge
As cases of COVID-19 surge across India, some doctors have claimed “Pandora’s box” has opened. India’s second wave is underway, and figures now dwarf the peaks in September that saw speculation that India would rise to the most-affected nation. Such a severe second-wave is a shock considering that in early March, India’s Health Minister Dr […]
Liver disease a continuing problem
Liver disease takes many forms. Types range from alcoholic liver disease to cirrhosis to fatty liver disease, among many others. In India, many are at risk. As reported by Health Issues India in 2017, liver disease – then identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the tenth most common cause of death in India […]