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Diphtheria vaccine: Karnataka’s kids miss out

The diphtheria vaccine is an essential component of ensuring child health – making it concerning news that so many children in Karnataka are missing out on it.  Vaccination coverage among children aged between five and six is just 48 percent in the state, with regards to the DPT booster-2 vaccine – targeting diphtheria, pertussis (or …

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India’s abortion law: Timeframe will not be extended, Government says

Changing India’s abortion law to extend the timeframe within which a woman can have an abortion is not a step the Centre is willing to take, the Supreme Court has been informed.  A blanket extension for the twenty-week window in which an abortion may be performed cannot be justified because of the right to life …

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Environmental toxins: AIIMS issues warning

A grave warning has been issued by doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) about the sheer number of people with dangerous levels of environmental toxins in their systems.  AIIMS physicians tested 216 severely ill patients for whom there was no clear reason behind their ailment. Of these, 32 (14.8 percent) displayed …

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Cyberattacks: A crisis in Indian pharma?

The pharmaceutical sector in India is the sixth most-affected industry of its kind in the world in terms of cyberattacks.  Attempted malicious attacks hit almost 45 percent of the sector’s devices in India last year, an increase from 44 percent the year before. Only the pharmaceutical industries in Pakistan, Egypt, Mexico, Indonesia, and Spain were …

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Fertility experts call for IVF age limit

Fertility experts have called for age restrictions to be placed on who can access in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in India.  A law should be drawn up at the central level, the Indian Fertility Society (IFS) has said, which would prevent cases like that of 74-year-old Mangayamma Yaramati. She delivered twin daughters in Andhra Pradesh at a …

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Sepsis in India: A major threat to public health

September 13th marks World Sepsis Day – a day of particular importance for the public health community to be reminded of the significant burden of sepsis in India.  Sepsis is “a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated immune response to infection”, caused by no single bacteria or virus: “rather, any type of pathogenic infection …

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Modi launches single-use plastic campaign

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has again appealed for India to end the use of single-use plastic for the good of the environment.  Attending an event in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, Modi joined a group of trash collectors and sorted through waste with them, separating plastic from other refuse. The day saw the launch of a ‘Swachata …

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WHO urges action on health effects of climate change

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called on world leaders to take action on the health effects of climate change, calling it “one of the world’s most urgent health threats.” In a statement, Tedros said “only when countries can provide health services to all, including those in greatest jeopardy from climate …

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Life expectancy improves, but inequalities remain

Indians are living longer on average, as the country’s life expectancy has shown an increase between the 2012-16 and 2013-17 periods.  In the former timeframe, average life expectancy was 68.7 years, with men living for 67.4 years and women for 70.2 years on average. As of the latter period, life expectancy has gone up to …

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Sex ratio at birth: Improvements made?

India’s sex ratio at birth has improved, according to Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani. However, such a claim seems very much dependent on the figures used.  Irani credited the Centre’s Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (Save Daughter, Educate Daughter) initiative with the improvement while speaking at an event last Friday. The disparity …

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