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How air pollution ruins child health

Poisonous air is causing toxic damage to people across the world. Nine out of ten of us breathe polluted air. Now for the first time, a World Health Organisation (WHO) report has highlighted its damaging impact on child health and survival. Over 93 percent of the world’s 1.8 billion children are exposed to toxic air …

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Ayushman Bharat: Will it help to make India healthy?

One of the most significant achievements of the Narendra Modi’s government has been the mega healthcare reform ushered in with the launch of flagship healthcare scheme, Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana – better known as Ayushman Bharat, or ‘Modicare’. The ambitious scheme – often touted as the world’s biggest healthcare scheme – aims to provide …

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One in ten medications could be fake claims WHO

A potential one in ten medications circulating in India could be fake, claims a recent news release by the World Health Organization (WHO). The report states that, in low and low to middle income countries (L-LMICs), there is an abundance of medications that are either deemed to be substandard — containing far less of the …

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Tobacco industry protests Delhi anti-smoking summit

The tobacco industry has come out in force against an international anti-tobacco summit happening in Delhi in November- but the government will not back down. The World Health Organisation (WHO) 7th Conference of Parties (COP7) is scheduled for November 7-12. Expected to include delegates from 180 countries, it will review the World Health Organisation Framework …

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