Women Health

India’s healthcare infrastructure was subpar before the pandemic. Its expenditure on healthcare is 1.28 per cent of the total GDP – lower than Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Bangladesh. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the already worsening…
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women globally as well as in India. The rate of breast cancer in India has increased by 39.1 per cent from 1990 to 2016. An estimated number of patients with breast cancer in 2016 were 5.26…
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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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Primary health care, which has been an area of concern for several decades have started to receive the attention it deserved from the government and other social service organisations. Government schemes such as Ayushman Bharat aim…
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A group of activists will call on the government to replace disposable sanitary napkins with reusable menstrual hygiene products in its schemes and programmes. Bengaluru:  Green the Red, a group of eco-activists and healthcare…
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