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The district highlighting India’s sex ratio problem

A district in Uttarakhand reflects a broader issue concerning India’s sex ratio, according to a recent report in The Times of India. In 132 of the Uttarkashi district’s villages, not a single girl was born in three months out of 216 deliveries.  The concerning figures, collected from the state health department, potentially cast a spotlight …

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Heavy flooding continues to ravage India

Amidst the heavy flooding plaguing eastern and northern India, a tiger displaced from Assam’s flood-ravaged Kaziranga National Park sought refuge in a nearby house – much to the shock of residents.  The tiger fled the park where 92 animals have drowned. Many are still trapped by the floodwaters. In a viral photo shared by an …

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Progress on health goals deemed dismal by UN

India’s progress in achieving health goals has been deemed “dismal” by the 2018 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). India has made huge strides towards some health goals within the last few decades. The eradication of polio is perhaps the most notable of India’s health success stories. However, …

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The verdict on Mohalla Clinics

Political difficulties have stalled the rollout of the Delhi government’s Mohalla Clinics initiative to expand access to healthcare for the capital’s citizens, according to a new report.  The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came to power in the national capital in 2015 on the back of a manifesto which included a pledge to establish 900 primary …

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Prosecution for contaminated polio vaccines

Eight months ago, an incident occurred that struck a severe blow to confidence in India’s vaccine industry. Thirty lakh batches of polio vaccine came under suspicion in October 2018, after samples showed that these batches contained type 2 live poliovirus, a strain that was declared eradicated by the World Health Organization in 2015.  The apparently-contaminated …

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Removing wombs: extreme menstrual stigma

Menstrual stigma is an issue faced by women across India. While more metropolitan urban areas may be thought of as abandoning the age-old perceptions that a woman’s natural menstrual cycle is a sign of impurity or uncleanliness, the reality is the stigma still holds. While societal stigma presents one issue, there are instances where this …

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Opening Indian pharma’s Bottle of Lies

“They often make their worst drugs — with the lowest-quality ingredients and the most manufacturing shortcuts — for the least regulated markets, including India,” writes investigative journalist Katherine Eban in her book Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Boom (also subtitled as Ranbaxy and the Dark Side of Indian Pharma), an exposé …

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Essential medicines: WHO updates list

The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its lists of essential medicines and diagnostics in a bid to expand access to affordable treatments for individuals worldwide.  WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asserted in a statement that “around the world, more than 150 countries use WHO’s Essential Medicines List to guide decisions about which medicines represent …

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Energy infrastructure: Why we need to rethink it

Energy infrastructure needs to be seriously rethought if global warming targets are to be met, research published in the journal Nature reveals in a stark warning.  Last year, a groundbreaking report issued by the UN body on climate change announced that “rapid, [far-reaching] and unprecedented changes” are necessary if the pace of global warming is …

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Health Budget sees a marginal hike, Ayushman Bharat gets Rs 6400cr

With a focus on job creation, infrastructure, economic slowdown and ease of living, Union Budget 2019 has shown little concern towards an ever deteriorating public health system. There has been only a marginal increase in allocations for the health ministry, leaving a sector that has long been reeling under lack of infrastructure a bit disappointed.  …

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