India is the latest country to join a global coalition aiming to combat antimicrobial resistance. Among current members are sixteen countries, the European Commission, two philanthropic foundations and four international organisations (as observers). With India as a member, the research hub now represents more than half the world’s population. India is among the countries most …
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More than 20,000 health and wellness centres (HWCs) are operational across India. HWCs mark a major commitment by the Centre to strengthening primary healthcare infrastructure in the country, coming as part of its flagship health insurance initiative, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) or Ayushman Bharat. In the previous year, 20,942 HWCs have become …
Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi has become home to two alternative medicine centres, specialising in the fields of siddha and unani. Shripad Yesso Naik, Union Minister for Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH), inaugurated the Unani Medical Centre and the Siddha Clinical Research Unit yesterday, following their establishments by the Central Council for …
Heart disease is India’s leading cause of death. However, a diagnosis does not necessarily entail a death sentence. An article entitled “Why heart failure is not the end of the world” was recently published in the Times of India, highlighting the need for early diagnosis. They note that, in India, it is typical for an …
Sarcoidosis — a disease which involves inflammation within the lungs — is a relatively obscure health concern in India. It is rarely diagnosed and so prevalence rates are all but unknown. Concerningly, the disease may be adding to the development of drug resistance in strains of tuberculosis (TB). Sarcoidosis has a number of symptoms that …
The so-called ‘VIP culture’ in Delhi’s hospitals will become a thing of the past, Chief Minister Arvind Kejiriwal has pledged in a bid to guarantee equal standards of treatment for all segments of Indian society. “I have directed the Health Dept to end VIP culture in govt hospitals. No more private rooms for VIPs,” the …
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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Malaria is running rampant in the Uttar Pradesh city of Bareilly, with both plasmodium vivax (PV) and the deadly plasmodium falciparum (PF) being reported in high numbers. The cumulative figure of PF malaria cases in Bareilly over the course of the year stands at 4,207 at the time of writing. Across the same period, 21,887 …
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Leprosy and tuberculosis (TB) are the latest diseases to be added to a screening programme aimed at detecting disease and underlying risks of disease within children. The Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK), or “Child Health Screening and Early Intervention Services”, already screens for thirty health conditions prevalent in children under eighteen. Among these are defects …
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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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