International Day of Happiness: Are our children really happy
As we gear up to celebrate the ‘International Day of Happiness’, do we have time, and empathy, to look at our own children to find if …
37 of 55 countries facing health worker shortages in Africa: WHO
Shortage of health workers in Africa is predicted to reach 6.1 million by 2030
Monkeypox not public health emergency of international concern yet. Do we need to update our understanding of this label?
Emergency Committee meeting indication enough of how serious the monkeypox outbreak is
Anganwadi centres rush to verify children beneficiaries’ Aadhaar
Only 1/3rd of children have cards; Expert worries it may lead to millions losing access to food and nutrition
COVID is officially no longer a global health emergency — here’s what that means
COVID will still have pandemic status, and countries will continue to have their own authority as to whether to treat COVID as an emergency …
Iraq eliminates trachoma as a public health problem
Becomes 50th country globally to eliminate at least one neglected tropical disease
Health inequities to be blamed for premature deaths among people with disabilities: WHO
They are at a two-fold risk of contracting chronic illnesses like asthma, depression, diabetes, obesity, dental disorders and stroke
Pandemic treaty: Draft urges cooperation, equity, transparency but misses independent monitoring
Draft has evolved from a working document circulated earlier this year in July and builds on the comments made by member states, domain experts …
Lassa fever: Why there’s a call to declare a health emergency in Nigeria
The Nigerian Academy of Science has called for the current outbreak of Lassa fever in Africa’s most populous nation to be declared a …
A psychedelic high
Driven by surge in global trials and low success rate of current medications in treating mental health problems, researchers call for home-grown …
Simply Put: Out of pocket expenditure
Narendra Modi government can easily pay for COVID-19 vaccines: Here's how
Simply put: Pandemic, the Press & the oppressed
Lao PDR becomes second country in 2023 after Bangladesh to eliminate lymphatic filariasis
Nineteen countries have been able to eliminate the disease, according to WHO
COP28 Declaration on Climate and Health signed by 123 nations, $1 billion in financing announced
Declaration will only be considered a success if health comes to the front and centre while discussing fossil fuels or financing, experts tell DTE
COP28 Declaration on climate change and health a landmark move
This first ever move to commit action and finance to combat the health impact of climate change can empower and accelerate mitigation and …
Simply Put: Coronavirus in India
Novel Coronavirus: What’s in a name?
World bodies have to be extremely careful when naming a new disease
What India can do to strengthen community-based foster care for children in need of nurturing
Lack of awareness involving village-level child protection committees, non-availability of frontline workers dedicated to child protection …
India has ignored infertility for too long
India has a history of coercive family planning which ignored infertility. A shift in focus will help women’s health.
India has the highest population with household exposure to pulmonary TB
At least 38 million people live in households across 20 high-burden countries, where at least one person has incident pulmonary TB
How COVID-19 threatens to undo years of progress in TB control
For the first time since 2005, the number of deaths due to TB increased from one year to the next
Charity after profiteering, the Big Pharma way
Pfizer to sell its medicines at no profit in world’s poorest countries, and other big names to make cancer drugs more accessible
Stockholm+50: Securitisation of pandemics
India’s invocation of National Disaster Management Act to deal with a pandemic was a first and an extreme case of securitisation of COVID-…
India’s first monkeypox case reported from Kerala
The patient had returned to Kerala from the United Arab Emirates July 12 and was symptomatic at the time