Today marked World Polio Day, an annual observance acknowledging what once was a dominant threat to global health – and could well become a thing of the past entirely so long as momentum is sustained as we approach polio’s endgame. With the observance came a landmark report from the World Health Organization (WHO): wild poliovirus …
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is an ever growing threat in India and globally. If not properly addressed, the situation presents a possibility of TB strains that are both infectious and all but untreatable plaguing both India as well as the rest of the globe. India accounts for 27 percent of the global disease burden due to …
Tuberculosis (TB) in India continues to be a major public health burden, even as cases have decreased. This is according to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) report on TB, launched earlier this week, which provides an overview of how the world is tackling one of its dominant infectious disease challenges. The news is not …
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Indian-born economist Abhijit Banerjee has been jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, together with French-American economist Esther Duflo and American economist Michael Kremer. Abhijit Banerjee is the second Indian-born recipient of the accolade, after Amartya Sen. “The research conducted by this year’s Laureates has considerably …
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Proper handwashing may seem trivial to some, but it is more important than many realise – in schools, in healthcare facilities, and in the home. Global Handwashing Day, observed on October 15th, is an important reminder of an often neglected practice. UNICEF India points out the importance of handwashing, noting its connection with diarrhoea – …
The World Health Organization (WHO) will provide support to implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), or Ayushman Bharat, the Centre’s flagship scheme on health. The initiative has been lauded by WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who heralded its first 100 days earlier this year and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and …
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The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released another report warning of the dangers of our changing climate. This time, the body has warned that the trend of rising sea levels is ocurring faster than we first thought – news which carries significant implications for India. “The ocean is warmer, more acidic …
At the United Nations meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in New York, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid out his approach to achieving UHC in India. The approach revolves around four pillars, each assessing a different aspect of the provision of healthcare. The meeting occurred following the one-year anniversary of Modi’s flagship healthcare scheme Ayushman …
In 2011, a woman was admitted to a private hospital in Gujarat complaining of abdominal pains and persistent vomiting. A few days after being admitted to the hospital, the woman was dead. Soon after, Dr Gagan Sharma and nurse Asha John, who had attended to the patient, died following similar symptoms. The condition in question …
The health data of millions is publicly accessible worldwide, recent reports have said. US non-profit organisation ProPublica and German public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk released the investigation, which found that “medical images and health data …including X-rays, MRIs and CT scans, are sitting unprotected on the internet and available to anyone with basic computer expertise.” This …
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