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Hidden hunger is a threat to achieving 2025 global nutrition targets

Published on Mar 16, 2022 07:47 IST

Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals required by our bodies in very small quantities. Although required in minimal quantities, their deficiencies during pregnancy can lead to poor pregnancy (women with severe anemia are twice as likely to die during pregnancy) and birth outcomes (children born to malnourished mothers are more likely to be born too small, too soon, or stillborn).

Investment in Primary Health Care: COVID-19 and beyond

Investing in primary healthcare is foundational for achieving UHC and Sustainable Development Goals.

Published on Mar 16, 2022 07:38 IST

Learning to live with Covid

The severity of an infection is best seen through the lens of host immunity. Chickenpox and measles, which strike no fear in our hearts, decimated the native American population during the European colonization.

Published on Mar 16, 2022 07:21 IST

Focus on policies to encourage made in India drugs against rare diseases

In India, nearly 70-90 million people suffer from RDs; which is expected to be an under-reported figure; the actual number could be higher.

Published on Mar 9, 2022 08:50 IST

In search of India’s Chen-Kuo-Fu and the Charak Shapath

In 1822, the Britishers established the Native Medical Institution (NMI) in Calcutta to provide medical training to Indians. Anatomical, medical, and surgical texts were translated into vernacular languages and indigenous systems of medicine were taught alongside western medicine.

Published on Mar 1, 2022 22:15 IST

Medical colleges today must focus more on research to improve health

The co-location of medical college hospitals supports the training of students as well as providing a spectrum of health services.

Published on Feb 1, 2022 11:48 IST

Do our current health system challenges give us an opportunity to leapfrog?

Over three lakh adults still die from tuberculosis each year in India, while in China, a country with an equally significant tuberculosis problem, annual death rates have been reduced to below 40,000. Simultaneously, the burden of chronic diseases like cancer, hypertension, and diabetes is rapidly rising across the country.

Published on Feb 1, 2022 11:35 IST

Impact of Covid on cancer care: Unaddressed problem and the possible solutions

Studies from India and abroad have shown that community-based cancer screening leads to a significant reduction in cancer-related deaths.

Published on Jan 31, 2022 13:07 IST

Long Covid syndrome – the hidden pandemic

The study reveals abut the long covid.

Published on Jan 31, 2022 12:11 IST

Sedentary behaviour and Covid-19 risk

Sedentary behaviour goes beyond being a behavioural or lifestyle risk factor in public health studies.

Published on Jan 30, 2022 12:54 IST

SnehAI - Artificial Intel chatbot for young Indian’s sexual, reproductive health

The SnehAI chatbot aims to provide a safe space for Indian youth to have conversations about SRH, dispel sex-related myths and taboos, offer accurate information about safe sex and contraceptive choices, and address mental health concerns.

Published on Jan 28, 2022 09:43 IST

Not so novel coronavirus: A fresh perspective on the pandemic

We know a lot about the virus and its behaviour after five variants. We have coped with it quite well when compared to the 1918 influenza pandemic. The pandemic has been a political issue in many countries.

Published on Jan 23, 2022 04:33 IST

Check the rapidly emerging pandemic of antibiotic drug resistance

Unfortunately, a similar dimension of most, if not all widely prevalent human and animal bacterial diseases has been begging recognition of all stakeholders but has been able to attract an inadequate response.

Published on Jan 23, 2022 04:32 IST

Telehealth for neurorehabilitation

The role of telehealth in improving healthy lifestyles (diet and exercises), prevention of certain diseases has been well-recognised for many years.(HT PHOTO.)

Published on Jan 16, 2022 11:52 IST

Involvement of people living with non-communicable diseases

Every year, approximately 100 million people are pushed into poverty as a result of out-of-pocket expenditure for health care, a large proportion due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

Published on Dec 31, 2021 12:52 IST

The political pathway to health system improvements in India

Despite the progress, healthcare delivery in India remains largely focused on periodic treatment, with inadequate attention to preventive and primary care.

Published on Dec 19, 2021 14:37 IST

Boosting India's surveillance potential for pandemic preparedness

There is an emerging global consensus that continuous pathogen surveillance and robust genomic sequencing is vital to our understanding of the trajectory of this pandemic and will also lay the groundwork for preventing future ones.

Published on Dec 19, 2021 14:23 IST

A case to use drones for primary health care in India

SKY BRIDGE is based on heavy payload, long range drone paired to a custom developed modular temperature-controlled box (patent pending) platform that can safely and reliably deliver multiple medical payloads simultaneously and improve access to vaccines, lab samples and possibly on demand medical products to primary health centres and sub-centre’s in rural, remote, and hard to reach areas.

Published on Dec 16, 2021 09:58 IST

Food fortification is a necessity, not a myth

Food fortification is increasingly being recognised as a viable solution to address the widespread vitamin and mineral deficiencies in Indian population.

Published on Dec 14, 2021 10:36 IST

Need to implement Covid-19 learnings to strengthen routine immunisation

India’s Covid-19 vaccination achievement has been a result of meticulous planning and joint efforts by the Centre and state government (s) on production, procurement, and supply of vaccines complemented by technological advances.

Updated on Dec 8, 2021 08:21 IST

Investing in adolescent development: A case for India

The group suggests a sharp decline in India’s adolescent population—aged between 10 and 19 years—who comprise roughly 20% of the country’s population at the moment.

Published on Dec 4, 2021 07:56 IST

Citizen’s engagement is the backbone of Universal Health Coverage

To achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) goals, it is imperative to include the voices of communities, across sociocultural contexts, recognising the differential healthcare needs of people.

Published on Dec 1, 2021 05:03 IST

Should financial protection be separated from universal health care?

FFS payments reflect a deeper design flaw in indemnity insurance, the separation of financial protection from healthcare andhealth outcomes.

Published on Nov 20, 2021 13:40 IST

Childhood Cancer in India: Analysing the impact of good nutrition

Approximately 50,000 children  are diagnosed with cancer every year in India, that’s about one child every 11 minutes.

Updated on Nov 7, 2021 18:30 IST

Missing data: Who’s using Bengaluru’s water?

To take effective action, we need to know how much water is available and how much is being used by whom.

Updated on Nov 3, 2021 05:58 IST

India needs time-use data for public health management

Studying time allocation choices made by people can be useful for policymakers.

Published on Oct 30, 2021 14:29 IST

The Future of Nutrition in India

The PM Poshan Shakti Nirman or PM POSHAN scheme promises to provide nutrition for 24 lakhs, additional children, in pre-primary classes, along with interventions like nutri-gardens in schools and promotion of locally grown traditional food items.

Published on Oct 22, 2021 07:31 IST

World Food Day 2021: An indispensable march to ending hunger

India is now behind neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal, according to the Global Hunger Index that is based on estimates by the UN’s FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization). (AP)

Updated on Oct 17, 2021 13:46 IST

Covid-19 and a surge in unplanned pregnancies in India

A survey conducted by the World Health Organization suggested a 68% disruption to family planning and contraceptive services across 105 countries amidst covid-19.

Updated on Oct 19, 2021 09:24 IST

Strengthening nursing and midwifery for enhancing health care services in India

Measures such as the integration of ASHAs into the health workforce, and families providing substitute bedside nursing care in hospitals, hide some of this acute shortage in the public health system.

Published on Oct 5, 2021 08:24 IST

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