Health issues in India
Dust storms and heavy rains have again swept across northwestern India, leaving death and destruction in their wake. Numerous lives have been lost in the disaster, which came almost a year after similar high-velocity storms killed more than 127 people in northern parts of India. Almost fifty fatalities have been reported from four states according […]
The Government reacted with resentment to a travel warning issued by a US agency about the Zika virus, with the agency since withdrawing and modifying its comments. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) previously put out an advisory, cautioning pregnant women from travelling to India following Zika virus outbreaks in two states last […]
The Union Health Ministry is scrambling and struggling to help states contain outbreaks of swine flu, as a spike in cases nationwide is causing panic. India’s flu season typically brings with it cases of swine flu infection. This has proved to be a cause for concern in years past. Notably, a 2015 outbreak of the […]
Gender discrimination and missing women The price of gender discrimination in India is the lives of almost 240,000 girls under five every year. Much attention is given in India to the issue of female foeticide. Sex-selective abortions are considered the major driver of India’s skewed sex ratio at birth (SRB) and its resultant 63 million […]
Until now, Rajasthan, India’s largest state by area, has had no capacity to test genetic samples. This has left a vital area of healthcare unaccounted for. This is soon to change with the announcement that J K Lon Hospital is to start up a facility capable of both genetic and molecular testing. The facility itself […]
