Fifth edition of national bio-entrepreneurship competition launched
Over 30 industry and investment partners come forward to support bio-entrepreneurship in India through this competition
Food and healthcare in war-torn Tigray: preliminary insights on what’s at stake
The war has put 4.5 million people, half of whom are children, in need of emergency food assistance
The problem for biosimilars
Reliance Life Sciences won a case against Roche, 4 years after the MNC sued to stave off challenge to a hit breast cancer drug
Healthcare algorithm in US shows racial bias
The computer algorithm reduced the number of black patients by more than half, while gave more access to the whites for high-risk health care …
Noise pollution forces patients to check out of hospitals: study
Noise levels in intensive care units have been found to be as high as that generated by loud music coming through headphones
Why International Yoga Day is no cause for celebration in India
The debate around International Yoga Day is not about health benefits. It is about the media spectacle in the name of health when spending on …
Ayurveda: Hurdles of practising traditional medicine are limiting its potential
Medical pluralism can potentially help achieve universal health coverage
There are no ‘natural disasters’
A weather-related disaster doesn’t need to be. By addressing the vulnerability of a society, the worst of it can be avoided
Paramedics show the way
How hundreds of villages in Bangladesh have overcome child and maternal mortality 10 years before the MDG deadline
Decades of underfunding, blockade have weakened Gaza’s health system — the siege has pushed it into abject crisis
It is uncertain what the health system of Gaza will look like in the future
Health infrastructure sans care
Who will run all the institutes and labs promised?
AI throws the patent system into turmoil
Artificial intelligence is overturning the conventional idea of intellectual property rights, especially in drug discovery
Fake medicines are a dangerous threat in Africa: 3 ways to spot them
The most common fakes tend to be the most popular medicines: Painkillers, antibiotics to treat infection, anti-malarials, anti-retrovirals, …
Killer hospitals: Primary healthcare key to curb child deaths
Doctors at Odisha’s Vimsar hospital say if primary healthcare improves, the death toll at bigger hospitals would be fewer
Improving women's well-being needs more than access to free healthcare: study
Data from one of the largest state-funded health insurance scheme in India shows gender disparity continued even where free hospital care was provided
COVID-19: A long economic quarantine
Forecast of high temperature, erratic rains and cyclone push India’s poor into a point of no survival return
India’s health expenditure down to 3.2% of GDP in 2018-19
National Health Accounts report shows out-of-pocket expenses down, but still significantly higher than global average
COVID-19 virus now in community, getting bigger: Himanta Sarma
Assam recorded its highest one-day spike of 1,202 new COVID-19 cases on July 4; 782 cases were from Guwahati alone
Umaru Shehu: Nigerian public health giant who played a major role in polio eradication
His efforts, with others, culminated in Nigeria achieving polio-free status on June 18, 2020
Very few women board members from low-income countries in global health companies: Report
Around 70% of these companies have not had a woman board chair in the five years
COVID-19 derailed universal health coverage in Africa, flags report
There have been signs of progress, but they have been slow, the report said
Lonely twilight: Highest rate of seniors living alone in Tamil Nadu, Nagaland
5.7% senior citizens in India live alone
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
Can the world emulate Bangladesh’s ‘Community Clinic’ model?
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s initiative ‘Community Clinic’ got global recognition on May 17
COVID-19 in South Africa: what to expect in the short and long term
Fallout from pandemic put significant obstacles in the way of managing patients with chronic illnesses