With a rise in the number of patients suffering directly and indirectly from air pollution-related diseases in the last few years, doctors suggest that it is the high time the government and the people come together to end the woes of deteriorating air quality ...
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World Health Day
World Health Day
Every year, April 7 is observed as World Health Day with a theme. This year’s theme is Universal Health Coverage: everyone, everywhere ...
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Know how Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) education can decrease the disease burden from India and how the young guns can help our country become completely swachh ...
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Story of Sarfaraz from Varanasi who was suffering from chronic diarrhoea and how his life got changed after his school adopted hygiene curriculum ...
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The ragpickers, who form one of the largest informal sectors, are an essential link to India’s waste management cycle and yet the work they do lacks any health security, income or dignity ...
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A safe sanitation environment comprising access to toilets, handwash and proper disposal of sewage is as important as nutritious food to curb malnutrition ...
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Diarrhoea continues to be a major disease in India causing deaths of children, though marginal decreases since 2014 shows the gradual impact of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan ...
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If a person has no access to safe sanitation and hygiene in India then he can suffer from various life-threatening diseases. On this World Health Day, we look at some of the diseases that India can get rid of completely with improved sanitation ...
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In India, over 1 lakh children succumb to diarrhoea every year, 48.2 million children are stunted. On this World Health Day, we take a look at some of the stark facts ...
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Air pollution is the cause of over one-third deaths from stroke, lung disease/cancer, heart diseases, respiratory infections and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases across the globe: WHO ...
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On this World Health Day, NDTV speaks with experts on how improper waste management in India is affecting country's health
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