Dr Rakesh Mishra, Director, Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India and Society explains how COVID-19 is different from the earlier SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)...
The World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates last week of every April as World Immunization Week, with an aim to highlight and promote the use of vaccines...
There is a lack of adequate primary health care facilities in rural India. Rural Health Centers are critically short of trained medical personnel. Often, people have...
India is struggling with a shortage of trained manpower when it comes to rural healthcare. Community Healthcare Centres are severely impacted by a lack of specialist...
The world continues to face the threat of emerging COVID variants and fight the mutating coronavirus. In dealing with this pandemic and preparing for the future...
The Earth is suffering from the impacts of climate change including extreme heat, temperature rise, changes in weather patterns, melting ice caps, wildfires, floods, and droughts,...
On April 10, all adults in India became eligible to get a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. At this stage of the pandemic, how important...
The world loses more than 40% of under-five children to infant and neonatal mortality. But a simple and innovative model of Home-based Newborn Care, that is...
51-year-old Reverend Dr Chingmak Kejong works hand-in-hand with tribal communities in remote villages of Nagaland to improve primary healthcare facilities since the early 1990s. From fighting...
From the new relaxed mask norms to the booster dose and the emergence of new variants, where exactly do we stand at this stage of the...
Dr Regi George and Dr Lalitha Regi moved away from the city life and decided to dedicate their life in the service of tribal people settled...
Pioneers of healthcare in rural India, Dr Rani Bang and Dr Abhay Bang have been working in the field of community health in the Gadchiroli district...
India has a tribal population of roughly 11 crore, that is just under 9 per cent of the total population. India's tribal people are also amongst...
Written, composed and sung by Rais Khan Project, the folk song 'School Cool' conveys the message of maintaining cleanliness and hygiene in schools. The song says...
From sanitation and menstrual hygiene to waste management, skilling and women-led change, the 7th edition of the ISC-FICCI Sanitation Awards...
National tech startup challenge invites innovators to build affordable gas-detection solutions; winners to receive grants of up to Rs 5...
The awards recognised organisations and individuals for their work, new ideas and contributions to the sanitation sector
