India may have officially eliminated leprosy in 2005. However, the battle against the disease is far from over. A spike in the number of new infections has furthered alarm that the disease may be showing signs of a resurgence in India. 90,709 cases of leprosy were recorded in the 2017-18 period, statistics suggest. This is …
Between twelve and eighteen million Indians are chronically affected with hepatitis C. Could the findings of a recent study herald new lease of life for these patients? Landmark research conducted by a consortium of French universities has shown promising results for the use of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) in treatment of those with hepatitis C. The …
World Cancer Day 2019 this year provided an opportunity to assess India’s cancer burden. Unfortunately, it’s not good news. India ranks third in the world for overall number of cancer cases, placing behind China and the US. This follows a long-standing trend in India, in which cancer figures have been steadily rising for years. Cancer …
The Centre is looking to expand its efforts to promote alternative medicine to the grassroots level. Shripad Yesso Naik – the Union Minister for Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) – said the ministry needed 12,500 health and wellness centres nationwide to expand access to AYUSH services. Naik identified state and union …
Swine flu has killed seventeen people in Uttarakhand state capital Dehradun, out of 81 cases reported. At least, that’s if you ask the health department. There are questions being raised over these figures. The Sant Mahant Indiresh Hospital (SMIH) alone witnessed fifteen deaths and 81 cases between January 1st and February 4th. The disparity between …
India has recently faced an alarming — and high-profile — incident in which polio vaccines were contaminated with live type-2 strains of the virus. While the incident has largely been relegated to the media’s archives, this is not the only issue India faces with regards to polio. Stock shortages could see Indian children going without …
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Nearly half of all vaccines delivered globally are manufactured in India. This is a considerable accolade for India’s pharmaceutical industry. Indian vaccines are saving potentially millions of lives on a global basis, however, homegrown misinformation could be limiting India’s success in delivering vaccines to its own people. The need for high immunisation coverage levels …
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More than a decade after India eliminated leprosy, the disease continues to be a thorn in the side of Indian health policy. As the disease potentially shows signs of a resurgence, we may soon have to rethink its status as “eliminated”. A disease is considered eliminated when its prevalence is reduced to less than one …
Doctors reacted with anger after a government minister suggested they only work forty hours a week. India’s shortage of doctors often makes their job harder, outraged medicos suggested as they claim to work often double that figure. One doctor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) stated that doctors sometimes work between 100 and …
Immunisation rates in Uttarakhand fell by more than thirty percentage points in two years. Now the state is using stringent measures to drive immunisation rates upwards. Immunisation rates in the state fell to just 61.32 percent of children aged nine to eleven months in 2017-18. This was down from 99.3 percent coverage in the 2015-16 …
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