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Pandemic preparedness at the forefront

The 74th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the highest-level decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), is to foreground pandemic preparedness whilst advancing measures to end the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has dominated headlines and the public health discourse for well in excess of a year. The public health crisis is unprecedented …

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World Hypertension Day 2021: A reminder to check your numbers

Hypertension – raised blood pressure – is a major public health crisis in India, being a major risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) – the country’s dominant killer. World Hypertension Day 2021 is an opportunity to stress the importance of checking your numbers, for the betterment of one’s health.  As previously noted …

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Generic medicines and the part they play – an interview with Medkart Pharmacy founder Ankur Agarwal

Generic medicines are a core component of India’s reputation as the so-called ‘pharmacy of the world.’ The country has long been-renowned for its exports of affordable medicines to developing nations. As previously reported by Health Issues India, “generic medicines cost a fraction of the monopoly prices charged in countries like the United States, and competition …

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Fraudsters taking advantage of COVID-19 misery

Chemical structure of Remdesivir, one of the items for which fraudsters are conning Indians out of money. Image credit: Hbf878, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Nicholas Parry India’s plight amidst the second wave of COVID-19 is dire. The death toll is rising and there is still no end in sight to the rise in cases. Many …

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Malaria and COVID-19: The dual crisis continues

Last year, we prefaced our coverage of World Malaria Day with the note that “the era of COVID-19 masks the manifold health issues the world – India included – is grappling with. Malaria is among those issues – and with March 25th marking World Malaria Day, it is important to pay attention to the disease …

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India’s move to continue coal energy investment disregards health of communities

In a move at odds with calls from the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the wider global audience that has its sights trained on the environmental status quo, draft electricity policy documents viewed by Reuters have shown that India is open to the possibility of further developing its fleet of coal-fired …

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World Health Day in a time of global crisis – again

On April 5th, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Two days later marked World Health Day.  In 2021, World Health Day occurs once more against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time Health Issues India covered World Health Day last year, I wrote “India [had] reported thousands …

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Manual scavenging: A continued scourge

Politician Jaya Bachchan has expressed India’s failure to deal with the practice of manual scavenging “is a pity” in a recent address, drawing attention to the continued scourge of the practice which – while illegal – continues to cost lives.  “I cannot understand why we have not yet been able to provide them with protective …

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Salt Awareness Week 2021 draws to a close

Today, Salt Awareness Week 2021 ends. The observance is intended to promote wider knowledge of why too much salt can be harmful to your health as the effects are far-reaching. In India, salt awareness is important given how much salt Indians consume. In 2019, Down to Earth reported that Indians consume almost ten grams of …

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