In a bid to reduce load from laboratories facing challenges to meet the expected testing target due to extraordinary case load and staff getting infected with...
Hand washing with soap is a cost-effective public health intervention, notes the study 'Hand Hygiene for COVID-19 and Beyond in India' by non-governmental organisation, WaterAid. The...
Washing your hands properly is one of the most important tool to fight many diseases and viruses. And never before has hand hygiene been emphasised as...
According to World Health Organisation (WHO), millions of lives can be save just by washing hands with soap and water regularly. Many experts believe, clean hands...
As India fights the massive surge in coronavirus cases, experts say wearing a mask is the best prevention method. NDTV's Sonal Mehrotra Kapoor explains how to...
Proper disposal of biomedical waste in India has been a huge challenge for several years. However, since the advent of COVID-19 pandemic, this has become an...
Millets are one of the oldest foods known to humankind and this good-old grain, packed with nutrition, is back as a superfood. Millets are highly nutritious...
As we mark World Health Day on April 7, 2021, NDTV-Dettol look at campaign #BanegaSwasthIndia's journey that was initiated in 2014 with a focus on swachhta...
According to researchers and scientists, because of a steady rise in the COVID-19 cases, India is witnessing another wave of the pandemic. Amid the surging numbers,...
India's family planning programme is not just a population control programme but also about improving health of women and children. Unfortunately nearly 95% Indian men don't...
India's battle against malnutrition has been going on since the independence and in the COVID pandemic hit country the challenges have grown many folds. To tackle...
France and New Zealand have announced to provide sanitary products for free in school whereas Scotland has approved a Bill to make sanitary napkins accessible for...
Environment and sustainability changemaker Odette Katrak has been working for a cleaner city and a greener planet through Beautiful Bengaluru, a citizens' initiative she co-founded. Today,...
When the novel coronavirus hit India, an army of nurses rose up to fight it. The nurses have been a huge source of comfort for patients...