Left to quacks

Unauthorized medical practitioners find business where Bihar’s health machinery deserts polio victims

Less out-of-pocket expenditure for births in public facilities in rural areas, NFHS-5 finds

The latest figures suggest that Manipur spends more OOPE in both rural and urban areas, whereas Gujarat spends less among states and Dadra and …

AMR, flu pandemic again top WHO’s list of health challenges for 2020

UN body also lists newer challenges related to adolescents, emerging technologies and food among others

First African chief of WHO sets his agenda: addressing climate change impact on health

His top priorities include advancing universal health coverage and putting wellbeing of women and children at the heart of global health and …

Centuries-old obsession

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Fumes and wrinkles

Smoking not only affects your mouth and lung but it also plays a vicious part in expediting ageing and is responsible for premature wrinkles

When I abandoned movies, yoga came to my rescue

For Aashiqui actor Anu Aggarwal, yoga brought happiness and also provided tools to find it

Primary health care, community health workers bag spotlight at WHA

The member states decided to implement Declaration of Astana and allocate adequate resources to support community health workers

Behind the curve: How COVID-19 exposed India’s apathetic rural health infrastructure

It should not have taken a pandemic for the government to realise the importance of the rural healthcare infrastructure and of universal free …

WHO launches new five-year plan for universal health coverage

This three-point strategy aims at ensuring that 1 billion people get health coverage, are better protected from emergencies and enjoy wellbeing …

India is committed to achieving universal health coverage, says Nadda

At the 71st World Health Assembly, the Union minister spoke about India’s efforts to provide more people with access to health services

Mental illness in Africa: Go for community-centred approach, advise experts

Africa has very few psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, social workers working in mental health and psychiatric nurses

Long-term impacts of lead exposure have finally been revealed

Lead exposure not only reduces IQ levels and lower socio-economic status, it costs India US $236 billion annually

WHO member states agree on $6.83 billion funding for 2 years; most ambitious yet

Historic 20% increase in assessed contributions after deliberations at 75th World Health Assembly

A cancer centre is the latest victim of cyber attacks. Why health data hacks keep happening

Nearly half of these ransomware attacks disrupted the health-care services, with impacts including electronic system downtime, cancellations of …

Child health programme failed to deliver in 100 countries: WHO

A paper presented at the Alma Ata declaration said less than half of the women in the world get the four mandatory ante-natal check-ups done

TB's hidden links

About 40-70 per cent of tuberculosis patients suffer from mental health disorders. As India has more than one-fourth of global TB cases and deaths,…

Dirty games with the mind

A new study on the connection between marijuana abuse and human cognition throws more light on the long-term effects of drug addiction

No youth-pills

Human growth hormone, the drug hyped for being able to reverse the process of aging is exposed for its inefficiency

Health wise

Arunachal Pradesh wakes up to the fact that women's health is the key to overall societal well-being

Even the womb does not protect against pesticides

Air pollution is certainly an enemy of health. But there are others that may be even nastier. Chlorpyrifos -- a pesticide that can easily enter …

Menopaused 20-somethings

Hysterectomies on a high since the launch of insurance scheme for BPL families in Andhra Pradesh  

WHO releases guidelines on how countries can use digital health technology

Guidelines stress on protecting patients’ privacy and providing supportive environments for dealing with unstable infrastructure

Poor access to support systems causes high mortality among women with burn injuries

About 100,000 women die of burn injuries in India every year, and most of the deaths happen due to inadequate support service

Parliamentary committee flags concerns over ‘grossly insufficient’ funding for department of health research

The committee also noted that the demand was much lower compared to Rs 3,467.65 crore demanded for 2022-2023