A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) has offered insight into India’s performance on infant and maternal health indicators, one of the most visceral issues threatening public health and development in the country. The study, which “assessed coverage, coverage change and inequity for eight maternal and newborn health care indicators in parts …
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“At one point I thought that my daughter had come alive. But the voice was actually coming from the pot.” Those were the words of Hitesh Sirohi, a father who had recently lost his daughter. When he went to bury his child, he made a shocking discovery. His shovel hit a clay pot, buried three …
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Chennai is on alert against quack doctors, whom officials say vex the city every year during its fever season. The news comes as a reminder of the epidemic of quackery in India: unqualified, unlicensed practitioners account for a staggering proportion of the country’s healthcare workforce. In the past decade, an estimated 1,500 quack doctors have …
Gorakhpur doctor Dr Kafeel Khan, the physician at the heart of the tragedy at the BRD Medical College, has been cleared of all wrongdoing in the incident more than two years after the event. In August 2017, the Baba Raghav Des (BRD) Medical College in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh witnessed more than 300 …
In a move to improve access to healthcare in rural areas, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced that government medical college graduates in Uttar Pradesh will be required to work for two years in villages. Speaking at an event to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Ayushman Bharat, the Chief Minister said that the village work requirement …
Malaria is running rampant in the Uttar Pradesh city of Bareilly, with both plasmodium vivax (PV) and the deadly plasmodium falciparum (PF) being reported in high numbers. The cumulative figure of PF malaria cases in Bareilly over the course of the year stands at 4,207 at the time of writing. Across the same period, 21,887 …
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As India observes Poshan Maah – National Nutrition Month – Health Issues India focuses on two Indian states with the worst state of nutrition deficiency in the country. Recently, a journalist was booked by the Uttar Pradesh government for “maligning the image of the state government” after he uncovering uncovered the state government’s ostensible apathy …
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No more pharmacy colleges will be established in India for the next few years (with a few exceptions), as such institutes proliferate. There are more than 3,000 colleges teaching more than one lakh undergraduates nationwide, according to Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) president Dr Suresh Bhojraj. “[This] is adequate to meet the country’s need and …
Doctors in Uttar Pradesh state capital Lucknow are warning of a spike in cases of flu amidst the monsoon season. Since the onset of rains, cases have jumped by 600 percent with multiple hospitals reporting increased visitors of individuals with flu in their outpatient departments. At the King George’s Medical University, between fifty and sixty …
World Breastfeeding Week may be over for the rest of the world, but the Union Health Ministry has announced plans to make it a monthly fixture in India to raise awareness of the health benefits of breastfeeding. During an event last week, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan announced that a breastfeeding awareness week will …
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