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AIIMS Delhi on frontline against COVID-19

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi and its counterparts in other areas of the country are to be positioned on the front line in the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The premier facility has been requested by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to dedicate a portion of …

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Medicines for water-borne disease in flood-ravaged Thane

Maharashtra’s Thane district has been battling heavy rainfall in recent weeks, causing floods and leaving it vulnerable to the spread of water-borne disease. To guard against such infections, officials have been distributing medicines – an effort which has reached more than 60,000 people.  The state has been beleaguered by intense flooding amidst heavy monsoon rainfall. …

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The district highlighting India’s sex ratio problem

A district in Uttarakhand reflects a broader issue concerning India’s sex ratio, according to a recent report in The Times of India. In 132 of the Uttarkashi district’s villages, not a single girl was born in three months out of 216 deliveries.  The concerning figures, collected from the state health department, potentially cast a spotlight …

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Rahul Gandhi offers his vision for health

Indian election campaigning, induced with clamour over nationalism, has witnessed the first signs of health being included in the political discourse. As India prepares to go to the polls next month, Friday saw Congress leader Rahul Gandhi throw down the gauntlet on health as a poll issue. He pledged to double government spending on health …

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Modicare begins on September 25th. Here’s what we know so far.

The BJP government’s large-scale health insurance initiative was rolled out in some states today, to coincide with Independence Day celebrations across the country. Though some anticipated a full-scale launch of the programme, the scheme was not launched nationwide but began a gradual rollout in select states. Full rollout of the scheme is expected on September …

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Chhattisgarh sterilisation camp deaths: Three years on

On November 8, 2014, 140 women underwent surgery in two state-run sterilisation camps in Chhattisgarh. Five days later, thirteen of them had died. The tragedy grabbed global headlines. Three years later, it remains an open wound in India. At the time, it seemed as if there was one, easy-to-identify cause that could be addressed through …

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The legacy of Gorakhpur: Suspicion of child healthcare

The Gorakhpur tragedy has produced an atmosphere of suspicion across Indian healthcare. A number of other hospitals in several states are now under investigation, with scrutiny over cases similar to Gorakhpur, where numerous children have died in a short space of time. Media speculation is rife over who or what is to blame, with causes …

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Sickle cell disease endemic in Chhattisgarh

Sickle cell disease (SCD) in endemic in Chhattisgarh, a new survey reveals. Carried out between 2008 and 2016 by the State Health Resource Centre in Raipur, the survey found that ten percent of children born in Chhattisgarh are born with SCD, which affects a tenth of the state’s 27.9 million-strong population. Especially worrisome is the …

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