International Women's Day 2021: While the pandemic has impacted almost everybody, women, especially in marginalised rural communities have been hit harder and one of the biggest...
Bihar’s Pawan Rekha Devi broke the shackles of orthodoxy and welcomed a new era of health and well being for her children
According to the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, no words are enough to express gratitude towards all the Corona Warriors, who risked their own lives to...
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Intensified Mission Indradhanush aims to accelerate the full immunisation of children and pregnant women in the...
Researchers from University College Dublin, Ireland found that children of mothers who ate a higher quality diet, low in inflammation-associated foods, during pregnancy had a lower...
While presenting the Union Budget 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an increase in the outlay for health by 137 per cent, what does it mean...
Given the major gaps in medical infrastructure highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors and public health experts are expecting a major increase in allocation towards strengthening...
While presenting the Economic Survey for the year 2020-21, Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy Venkata Subramanian said that COVID-19 pandemic has shown how a healthcare crisis can...
According to the United Nations, even after five years of the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), many key indicators related to food and nutrition...
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...
Iron deficiency is a major cause of anaemia, a lack of oxygen-carrying red blood cells or haemoglobin, which is experienced by two billion people worldwide
World AIDS Day was first observed on December 1, 1988 to raise awareness about HIV, as well as to commemorate those who have died due to...
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...
