Here is a quick lowdown on West Bengal’s performance on vital health parameters like infant and child mortality rate, immunisation, malnutrition, the prevalence of anaemia as...
According to the Government of India, Co-WIN has been made primarily to help track the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, monitor beneficiaries and enable citizens to register...
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the aim of the COVID-19 vaccine dry run which started on January 2, is to assess operational...
According to Dr Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS, a system to differentiate people with comorbidities is in the works to ensure those who are at a higher...
According to experts, while the new strains of mutated coronavirus detected in the United Kingdom and South Africa are not more deadly, the increase in the...
The partial findings of the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey has highlighted that nutrition in children below five years of age continues to...
According to Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS, the country will be able to get regulatory approval for one or mare vaccines by the early 2021 but...
As the rather unprecedented year comes to an end, here are some of the important lessons about health and sanitation that were learnt and must be...
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in video that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic will not be the last pandemic and addressing climate change is vital for...
In a conversation with NDTV, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist at WHO said that it is too early to draw conclusions about the new strain as...
The latest round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) has highlighted a worrying trend in the prevalence of anaemia among women across all states and Union...
Experts explain mild symptoms of COVID-19 and suggest that early attention and diagnosis is imperative for fighting the pandemic
As part of its water supply and sanitation initiative, Dehradun based NGO Himmotthan Society is helping people living rural areas of Uttarakhand get access to drinking...
According to an online survey conducted in 10 countries of Asia-Pacific region to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on HIV care services, about 82 per cent...
34-year-old Dr Swaminathan Chandramouli runs “Doctor on Wheels”, a mobile-healthcare initiative to provide at-home medical services to senior citizens in...
70-year-old Dr Arunoday Mondal, a Padma awardee has been providing healthcare services for free to rural Sundarbans for over two...
Padma awardee Dr. Neelam Kler highlighted the importance of having a holistic healthcare approach to reduce neonatal and maternal mortality...
Dr Indira Chakravarty, who is a Public Health Specialist, said that the Banega Swasth India campaign has helped people understand...
Currently working as the Chairman of the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals in Hyderabad, Padma awardee Dr Nageshwar...
