Women suffer the worst due to the lack of water and sanitation facilities as they are traditionally responsible for managing water, food and sanitation requirements of...
Pink ambulances, driven by women and managed by women is for women patients to feel safer and more at ease at a time when they most...
How does the world keeps track of new variants of COVID-19? What are the challenges? WHO’s Dr Maria Van Kerkhove explains
India’s annual average PM2.5 levels reached 58.1 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m3) in 2021, returning to pre-quarantine concentrations measured in 2019
After taking into consideration the overall improvement in the situation and preparedness of the Government to deal with the pandemic, National Disaster Management Authority decided that...
Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted EUA to Covovax, a protein-based COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged 12-17 years
According to Union Minister Smriti Irani, country's per capita carbon footprint is 60 per cent lower than the global average
The WHO recommends that average annual readings of small and hazardous airborne particles known as PM2.5 should be no more than 5 micrograms per cubic metre...
All other currently approved COVID-19 vaccines in India require two doses of administration whereas Sputnik Light is a single dose
As Covid cases rise in Europe and South East Asia, we speak with virologist Dr Gagandeep Kang on the situation in India
In rural areas and urban slums, women and girls have primary responsibility for managing household water supply, the lack of which impacts their health, sanitation and...
World Water Day 2022: 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. If the current trend continues then by 2030, 1.9 billion will not have...
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...
