Health & Sanitation

As employees across the board spend more time at work today, it is crucial for organisations to invest in the mental well-being of their personnel. A workforce that is mentally healthy is more productive. As a society, too, we are getting past mental health being a taboo subject, and more employers now want it...

मुंबई में एचआईवी के मामलों में लगातार गिरावट आ रही है। अब मुंबई में एचआईवी के मामले नेगेटिव हो रहे हैं। मुंबई महानगर में एचआईवी को लेकर चलाए जा रहे जागरुकता कार्यक्रमों का सकारात्मक असर मरीजों के संख्या में आई कमी को देखकर लगाया जा सकता है। मुंबई डिस्ट्रिक्ट एड्स कंट्रोल सोसाइटी द्वारा मुंबई...

World AIDS Day is observed every year on 1st December across the globe. The purpose is to show support for people living with and affected by Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV and to remember those who have lost their lives to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or AIDS. However, the picture is still scary with one...

Mental health comprises emotional, cognitive, psychological, and social well-being. It determines how one handles stress, makes choices, and acts as one copes with life. Anyone can suffer from mental health problems. Sometimes an unexpected obstacle might come on one’s way, and one might find themselves stressing out and not knowing what to do. And, some...

Mental health is all about a person's emotional and social well-being, which determines how an individual handles stress, interacts with the world and makes decisions. It is also the driving force of a person's physical well-being, helping to maintain even normal functions like sustaining the immune system and energy levels. Hence, sound mental health...

The Swachh Bharat campaign that swept across the country helped highlight the burning issue of sanitation as a root cause of many of the critical health issues that plague us.  Yet, whilst we have made rapid progress in building toilets and ensuring (almost) blanket coverage, sanitation woes continue to persist. Sadly, many toilets are...

International Men's Day, an occasion to honour men for their contribution towards nation, society and families. There are men guarding us at our borders as soldiers, ensuring our safety and security as police personnel, saving lives as doctors and other medical personnel in hospitals, men working as security guards, working as cleaning staff, daily...

Even in the present day, epilepsy is a disorder which many people fail to understand, especially in our country. Several parts of rural India are still shrouded in superstitions about epilepsy, where villagers even take seizure patients to local exorcists thinking that the person has been overpowered by ghost/supernatural. On National Epilepsy Day, November 17,...

This is the story of Children’s Day Celebration, but in a slightly different way. On Children’s Day 14th November, schools and preschools across India mark the day by hosting cultural functions for their students, screening a motivational film or events like fancy dress competition. Some even donate alms to the needy. However, a kindergarten...

By: Katie Wallace, Asst. Vice President, Ugam (Now Merkle) The concept of normal is powerful. It is so powerful that even the idea of a “new normal” is now commonly applied to address big societal shifts. However, in mental health, applying the term normal can be a debilitating notion that isolates and stigmatises. It leads...

In Mumbai's BMC office, Essar installed water filters as part of its CSR programme. How necessary was it? Providing Mumbai citizens with safe drinking water and maintaining the city's cleanliness fall under the purview of the BMC. Nevertheless, it is seen that BMC staff are using water from the water filters that Essar Foundation and...

Cancer. The physical pain and mental fear associated with the disease is enough to shatter the self-confidence of any person and make them feel, ‘I am going to die’. To make the situation even worse comes the loss of hair and even baldness which often happens as a side effect of the treatment. Powerful...