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Asia-Pacific Forum Urges Countries To Rescue The Sustainable Development Goals Amidst Compounding Crises

The Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development is an annual, inclusive intergovernmental forum to support follow-up and review of progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development...

Meet Ramveer Tanwar, Who Gave Up His Lucrative Job To Revive Water Bodies And Build Urban Forests

Ramveer Tanwar, popularly referred to as the Pondman of India for his extensive work towards reviving dead water bodies and creating urban forests. Prime Minister Narendra...

International Women’s Day 2023: Swades Co-Founder Zarina Calls Empowered Women As The Best Changemakers

Speaking on the occasion of Women’s Day 2023, Zarina Screwala , Co-Founder of Swades Foundation, spoke about the organisation's work towards uplifting women, men and the...

Need To Make Women Digitally Fluent: Dr. Sangita Reddy On International Women’s Day

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Dr. Reddy said that Women Entrepreneurship is one of India's G20 focus areas and this conveys the message that...

How IFAD, UN’s Rural Development Agency Is Working With India For Sustainable Agriculture Growth

IFAD and the Indian government has commited continue to work together to amplify the efforts to create food systems that are inclusive of poor rural people,...

Neglected Tropical Diseases: Prevalence Of Kala Azar Infection In Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria District

Kala Azar, or black fever, is the second-deadliest parasitic disease in the world after malaria. This vector borne disease spreads to humans from the bite of...

What is Sickle Cell Anaemia? Five Things To Know

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the government will launch a mission to eradicate Sickle Cell Anaemia (SCA) from India by 2047. The government will conduct...

Union Budget 2023 Highlights: Key Announcements Made By FM Nirmala Sitharaman

The Finance Minister said that this year’s budget is ambitious and focused on inclusivity, where the fruits of development would reach all the citizens, such as...

Effects of Inadequate Healthcare System And Climate Change On Neglected Tropical Diseases

Public health expert, Dr. Chandrakant Lahariya, spoke about the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and the effects of deforestation, climate change and poor healthcare system on the...

World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day: Where Does India Stand On Eradicating NTDs?

Dr. Neeraj Dhingra, Former Director of the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) spoke to the Banega Swasth India team about the diseases and conditions...

Reports On COVID Vaccines' Side-Effects Ill-Informed, Erroneous: Union Health Ministry

Aged Population To Spike In 3 Decades, Need Reforms In Healthcare Services: World Social Report 2023

The UN report advised the countries to uphold better healthcare services, provide adequate sanitation and medical therapies, access to education and family planning, women's empowerment, and...

Omicron XBB 1.5 And BF.7: Where Does India Stand Amid The New COVID Variants?

Dr. Sandeep Budhiraja, Group Medical Director at Max Healthcare spoke to NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth India team about two Omicron sub-lineages, XBB 1.5 and BF.7 and the...

One Child Or Youth Died In Every 4.4 Seconds In 2021 Due To Lack Of Basic Health Care: UN Report

The estimates by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation stated that deaths among children could have been prevented with effective interventions in vaccination,...