Why India is banking on health diplomacy to grow African footprint

How and to what extent might Africa benefit from India’s growing interest? 

India’s poor testing rate can hamper COVID-19 fight

Till March 24, India had conducted only 22,928 tests

Nigeria isn’t ready to deal with rising COVID-19 cases

The country needs to monitor and manage the spread of the Delta variant with special focus on testing and genomic sequencing

Simply Put: COVID-19 testing

Jaipur landfill burns for weeks amid lockdown

Administration has hard time in finding fire brigades to spare due to lockdown

COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution: An opportunity to revive the public health sector

The WHO has developed a framework for the production and distribution of vaccines. But the developed countries and their vaccine manufacturers, …

COVID-19 policy briefs must be realistic: A review by young southern African scientists

The young scientists highlighted the need for policies that are appropriate for people’s real lives

COVID-19: India set to overtake China's total tally

Country to be among the most affected; upward trend in number of deaths, infections continue

India can move 40% districts out of COVID-19 lockdown

Most districts with no cases positive to novel coronavirus in forested areas, Himalayan regions, the North East

Coronavirus: Country comparisons are pointless unless we account for these biases in testing

When statistics are communicated at press conferences or in the media, their limitations should be explained and any relevance to the individual …

COVID-19 testing led to new techniques of disease diagnosis: Progress mustn’t stop now

In the past three years, focus of disease testing moved from simple detecting & understanding to incorporating speed, efficiency & …

Bihar not testing enough despite surging COVID-19 cases, official data shows

Bihar government has not focussed on ramping up testing despite its claims to the contrary, say activists

Steroid misuse in COVID-19 patients can cause life threatening infections

Long-term use of steroids can cause a rise in blood glucose levels, which may trigger bacterial or fungal infections

Permaculture: Stricken by drought years ago, a Nepal village comes back to life

Hundreds left Kurule Tenupa village in Nepal’s Dhankuta district a decade ago; they are now returning home to newer ways of farming

A better post-pandemic future means not giving in to COVID-19 now

Simply being tired of the pandemic is not reason to let it burn through the population

Omicron in southern Africa: Zimbabwe tries to pull all stops

The country recorded 4,367 new cases December 14, 2021  

Pfizer wants to sell vaccines in India at no profit

The Pfizer vaccine is yet to be registered in India although it had applied months ago

Simply Put: In positive light

Simply Put: The Deal

Simply Put: CoVID-19 treatment

COVID-19: Government drops first hint of community transmission

ICMR epidemiology head, however, witholds details

How drug companies are sidestepping the WHO’s technology transfer hub in Africa

The actions of BioNTech and Moderna will prolong the social and economic costs of the pandemic

Two years on: India’s index COVID-19 patient describes her ordeal

On January 30, 2020, India reported its first case of COVID-19; the patient was a Thrissur resident studying medicine at Wuhan University. Here …

A look at India’s flawed public health policies through COVID-19’s prism

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed many glaring loopholes in the implementation of public health management in India. Read on to know what they are

WHO adds another lifesaving drug to the list of COVID-19 medicines

When administered, tocilizumab and sarilumab reduce the odds of death by 13 per cent, compared to standard care