Health

India is the “Death by Snakebite capital” of the world and witnesses nearly fifty thousand deaths annually. This means one person dies due to snakebites in India every 10.5 minutes on an average day. Such high number of deaths and…
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Expanding on the official World Kidney Day 2019 theme of universal coverage of kidney diseases to mark the World Kidney Day today, a renewed focus on early intervention, innovating later-stage care and improving the evidence base for policy…
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The National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS) 2018-19, conducted by an Independent Verification Agency (IVA) under the World Bank support project to the Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G), has found that 96.5 per cent of the…
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Although India was amongst the first few countries to create legal and policy frameworks guaranteeing access to abortion and contraception, women and girls continue to experience significant hurdles to full enjoyment of their reproductive…
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In his last year of college in 2013, Vaibhav Kadam was diagnosed with Tuberculosis (TB), an infectious disease caused by the bacteria called Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. Since then, it has been a fight for life for him. What was…
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The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 which was passed last Wednesday in the Lok Sabha, in this winter session, aims to prohibit and control potential exploitation of surrogate mothers and children born through surrogacy. The Bill advocates…
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Vishal Singh wakes up at five every morning to play badminton with his father. After having a refreshing game, he comes back to get ready to go to school at eight. Returning from his school, the first thing he does is to hug his mother.…
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