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Sanitation workers fight for their lives ahead of elections

“Modi deserves another chance as this country’s head,” a sanitation worker remarked in February. He was responding to a gesture that  made headlines because of its unprecedented humility, wherein the Prime Minister washed the feet of five sanitation workers during a visit to the Prayagraj Kumbh Mela. The Prime Minister tweeted that he would “cherish” …

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Why your eating habits matter for your health

In 2017, one in every five deaths globally was due to poor eating habits according to a recent report published in The Lancet. “This study affirms that poor diet is responsible for more deaths than any other risk factor in the world,” author Dr Christopher Murray, Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation …

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Lethal pollutants commonly found in Indian water

How can India expect to substantially improve public health when pollutants such as arsenic are commonly found in water supplies? A major contributor to cancer rates? Exposure to arsenic is well-documented as increase the risk of a number of cancers. Among these are skin cancer, bladder cancer and lung cancer. Along with an increased risk …

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Let’s talk about malnutrition

Elections begin this week, and it is worth appraising India’s diversity: not only evident in its cultural landscape but also in the distribution of wealth and wellness. Even as 22 percent of its population lives below the poverty line, India is home to 84 of the world’s billionaires according to Forbes 2016. India is the …

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India’s water woes are bigger than you think

It is not even summer season and great swathes of India’s land are suffering from drought, recently published data reveals. This is according to an IndiaSpend analysis of figures from the Drought Early Warning System (DEWS), which contains dire implications for an enormous number of Indians and a sizeable proportion of the country’s land. At …

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#HealthForPolls: The BJP’s health promises versus reality

Two days ahead of the first phase of elections to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha, the BJP has released its manifesto, calling it their Sankal Patra (Pledge Document) 2019. The party aims to fight the Lok Sabha polls with 75 goals for 2022 – the year India celebrates its 75th year of independence. Prime Minister …

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Lessons from the dengue and H1N1 rise in Mumbai

The first quarter of 2019 saw an increased burden of dengue fever in Mumbai compared to last year, official figures show. Yet there may be other causes for concern when it comes to infectious diseases in the metro. India’s largest city and the state capital of Maharashtra reported 44 cases of dengue in the January-March …

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Does India need to reassess the mumps situation?

India does not currently see mumps as being enough of a public health issue to add a vaccine for the disease to its Universal Immunization Programme (UIP). Shabnam Begum, a Video Volunteer Community Correspondent and former teacher, wants to change this. Shabnam produced a video reporting on an outbreak of the illness that occurred at …

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Vaccine hesitancy could bring about a health crisis

Vaccine hesitancy is a concept as old as vaccines themselves. Are we seeing more of this issue, and is it opening doors for diseases close to elimination to resurge in India? Reports of outbreaks of the oldest vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, pertussis, diphtheria are becoming more frequent, despite these diseases being entirely vaccine-preventable. This …

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Why you should be worried about students’ health

The findings of a report researching the health of Indian students have  raised a number of concerns about the health of India’s children. The research screened 176,240 schoolchildren aged two to seventeen across twenty Indian cities. Those screened were assessed on numerous health parameters and it was discovered that a significant proportion of India’s students …

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