A phase three is inevitable, given the higher levels of circulating virus but it is not clear on what time scale this phase three will occur,...
A new study has provided evidence that breakthrough infection, in which a vaccinated individual becomes sick from the same illness that the vaccine is meant to...
Professor Benedetta Allegranzi, Technical Lead, Infection prevention and control (IPC) department, WHO answers some common questions around hand hygiene and how clean hands can save lives
According to the World Health Organisation, maintaining hand hygiene is one of the effective ways in preventing diseases like COVID-19, common cold, diarrhoea among others
May 5 is celebrated as World Hand Hygiene Day with an aim to promote the need for proper handwashing to health workers around the world and...
Dattatraya Sawant, a teacher by profession, drives the auto-rickshaw by himself and provides a free ride to COVID-19 patients while taking all precautions like wearing a...
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel e-inaugurated 'Oxygen on Wheel' service for home delivery of oxygen concentrator for patients in home isolation, free ambulance service for COVID...
The unmet need for family planning services is already high and disruptions to health services will have far-reaching consequences for the health of women, write Poonam...
As India reports upwards of 3.5 lakh fresh COVID cases a day, people infected and isolated find that succour is close at hand – sometimes neighbours...
According to experts, care and nutrition received by the mother and her child during the first 1,000 days (from conception to the second birthday of the...
The B.1.617 variant of SARS-CoV2, also being called a 'double mutant' or the 'Indian strain', has been found prevalent largely in Maharashtra and Delhi that have...
Cricketers took to social media to urge their fans to not become complacent and contribute in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in every way possible
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...
