Routine Immunisation should not suffer due to COVID-19: WHO
Many Indian states have also suspended vaccination services
COVID-19: WHO criticises countries for not ensuring dignity of migrants during lockdowns
Indian states suspends routine immunisation, WHO says it is unfair
COVID-19: Has community transmission begun in India?
Govt denies India in Phase 3 but experts not sure about its claim
IQ tests: the danger of reading too much into them – and the crucial cognitive skills they don’t measure
The ethos of a modern school is rightly not driven by a preference to educate only those children who on selection meet a minimum standard on a …
These women near Delhi’s Bhalswa landfill are growing greens in their backyards with a purpose
They are doing so as part of an initiative to improve women and girls’ access to nutrition; the vegetables are grown with natural inputs
Bigger share of non-communicable, injury neurological disorders in India’s disease burden
Stroke, headache disorders and epilepsy were the biggest contributors of India's neurlogical disease burden
India is facing a nasty outbreak of H3N2 — worst of seasonal flu viruses
H3N2 is a strain responsible for one of the three respiratory pandemics in the past century
Climate’s clear connect: Healthcare systems resilient to global warming are a challenge for Africa
Extreme weather events triggered by climate change are a drag on the capacity of Africa’s already-stretched healthcare systems
COVID-19 pandemic & children: Long-term impacts warrant concern
The physical and psychological effects of the pandemic pose major threats to children’s development
HIV, TB, malaria prevalence will reduce with fewer inequalities in healthcare: WHO
A recent WHO report takes a look at 32 health indicators from 186 countries on HIV, TB and malaria, that kill 2 million annually
Number of tobacco users continues to decrease globally: WHO
However, several countries are still not adequately implementing policies to help tobacco users to quit, the WHO said
Anaemia: India needs social norms-based interventions at every phase of a woman’s life
While behaviour change communication for drug adherence and knowledge of anaemia as a serious disease is needed, challenging detrimental social …
More than half of India’s April COVID-19 deaths were in rural districts
Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, 7 other states / UTs recorded more cases and deaths in rural districts last month
Gender decides how healthcare expenditure is financed in India
Females are always at a more disadvantaged position in terms of healthcare financing, according to our analysis
Troubled interiors: How COVID-19 second wave has struck deep in heartland India
The second wave saw COVID-19 spread beyond urban centres, infecting rural and tribal populations. DTE examined 16 severely hit districts on how …
Why social media health check must include Global South
There is plenty of evidence showing how social media use can affect youth mental health but studies often omit the developing countries of the …
Global health systems receive only 4.9% international funds to adapt to climate change: Study
Funds required in early warnings, climate-resilient health infrastructure, say researchers
Infographic: Maternal mortality in India
India has improved its maternal mortality ratio (MMR) to 97 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2018-2020 from 103 in 2017-2019. Still, in 11 …
African health ministers launch campaign to arrest sickle cell disease
Approximately 1,000 children are born with the disease every day in Africa, making it the most prevalent genetically-acquired disease in the region
What India’s first assessment of district hospitals found
Not all 707 district hospitals performed as standards demand
Depletion of particular brain tissue linked to chronic depression, suicide: Study
Astrocytes, a kind of supportive nerve cells, were found in much lower quantity in people who died by suicide
Vaccine leadership, not chauvinism
We need the world’s drug regulators to come together to scrutinise clinical trial data — not take decisions one after another
COVID-19: How Africa is coping despite fragile healthcare systems
Even as African countries are gearing to deal with the outbreak, experts say more needs to be done
COVID-19: WHO criticises India's blanket travel ban
Such measures in their own right will do nothing to protect individual states, says top WHO official to DTE query
What is ‘noma’, the latest addition to WHO’s list of neglected tropical diseases
The severe gangrenous disease of mouth and face has 90% mortality rate and is associated with extreme poverty, malnutrition