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COVAX gets boon from multi-billion dollar commitment – but India’s absence leaves a hole

The COVAX facility designed to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines received a boost earlier this week to the tune of US$2.4 billion, following a summit where countries and private donors made the mammoth commitment. Nonetheless, the facility still reels from India’s step back understandable though it may be. COVAX is jointly led by the …

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Covaxin trials to start among minors

Trials of Covaxin, India’s indigenously-manufactured COVID-19 vaccine candidate, are set to begin among young people to test its immunogenicity, reactogenicity, and safety. Trials among those aged between twelve and eighteen years are set to commence across five institutes throughout India. The institutes in question are the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bihar …

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Tobacco control: What we’re missing

The latest data has shone a spotlight anew on one of the foremost global public health menaces: tobacco use. Focusing on tobacco control is vital.  Published in The Lancet ahead of World No Tobacco Day – observed May 31st – the research posits the number of deaths due to tobacco use in 2019 alone at …

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The Chipko movement, Sunderlal Bahuguna, and the continued deforestation crisis

Katherine Goldsmith once dubbed environmental activist Sunderlal Bahuguna ‘a gentle warrior’, in an exploration of his decades-long quest for environmental justice — perhaps most notably via the Chipko movement. Recently, Sunderlal Bahuguna passed away aged 94 after contracting COVID-19 — but his legacy endures, as does the Chipko movement he was such an integral part of. Chipko — or, “to hug”, …

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Mucormycosis – black fungus – to be notifiable in Telangana

The Telangana State Government has declared “black fungus” — or mucormycosis — to be a notifiable disease.  In a letter to the states, Union Health Ministry joint secretary Lav Agarwal said “all government and private health facilities and medical colleges have to follow guidelines for screening, diagnosis, management of mucormycosis. And, make it mandatory for …

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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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The savage death toll of India’s second wave

India, embattled by its second wave of COVID-19, continues to weather staggering numbers of deaths with the emergence of a new variant and the spread of black fungus causes for concern. The tragic toll of the second wave has manifested in the deaths of fifty medicos in a single day, reported by the Indian Medical …

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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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Hidden air pollutants contributing to critical situation in Indian cities

A group of boys play soccer in the smog on a maidan in Kolkata. Environmental concerns such as pollution have a ruinous effect on public health. Image credit: edan / 123rf Indian cities’ levels of air pollution are continuing to rise. Critical contributions to this trend are coming from hidden air pollutants, scientists from the …

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