Health & Sanitation

Around 640 under-five children in India die every day (or over 8 lakhs die every year) due to Pneumonia and Diarrhea, which are preventable diseases. Marginalised children are the most vulnerable. COVID-19 has further added to the agony. Marginalised families and their children are the most vulnerable to infectious diseases including COVID-19. Maintaining hand hygiene...

17-year-old Sanjana Runwal spearheads activities of the Clean Up Foundation, an NGO that drives initiatives directed at enhancing the lives of sanitation workers of Mumbai. The Clean-Up Foundation has developed a home loan app for them. This Diwali, she aims to brighten up the lives of the sanitation workers by helping them obtain their...

One of the simplest forms of life insurance plans is the term insurance policies, which pay out the sum assured to the policyholder’s family/beneficiaries if the insurer dies during the policy term. It is like a safety cover that you can buy for your loved ones to ensure that they are never burdened financially...

Tiger Analytics, an AI & analytics consulting company, in collaboration with IIT-Madras and with the support of the Tamil Nadu Covid War Room today unveiled a uniquely expansive COVID-19 response dashboard that can help researchers, policy makers and other interested entities in their study and analysis of Covid-19 trends and patterns. This dashboard leverages...

Huntsman Textile Effects has announced a partnership with the Padra Industrial Association (PIA). Huntsman will dedicate a medical grade oxygen generation facility to the people of Gujarat. This partnership is part of Huntsman’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Located at the Padra Primary Healthcare Center, the medical oxygen generation facility has a capacity to generate...

India accounts for more than 25% of the world’s childhood cancer. Yet we have a Poor Access2Care ratio. Less than 34% children make it to a cancer centre. The top 10 centres see no more than 13% to 15% of children. For this reason, survival rates are less than 20%. Launched in 2018, the WHO...

Infosys Foundation, the CSR arm of Infosys today inaugurated the ‘Infosys Foundation Vishram Sadan’ (Dharamshala or rest house), near the National Cancer Institute, All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in Jhajjar, Haryana. The Infosys Foundation Vishram Sadan was inaugurated virtually by Honorable Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi. The Infosys Foundation Vishram Sadan, a 10-storey...

In the run-up to the United Nations (UN) Day on October 24th and as part of The CSR Journal’s new UN-Agencies series, let us explore World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations specialized agency for Health. Founded in 1948, the headquarters of the WHO is situated in Geneva, Switzerland. The agency has 194 Member States,...

In the recently released Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021, India stood at 101st position of 116 countries. The annual report jointly published by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe saw India slip from its 2020 position of 94th. About the Global Hunger Index GHI is published every year since 2006 in the month of October. The 2021 edition...

October 15th is observed as Global Handwashing Day across the globe every year. The day was founded by the Global Handwashing Partnership and was determined by the UN General Assembly in 2008. It focuses on the importance of hand wash and comes up with “creative ways to encourage people to wash their hands with...

On account of Global Handwashing Day 2021 being observed today, Bhatia Hospital held a special activity to understand the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent and keep diseases at bay. The event was held by Sister Kanchan from Bhatia Hospital and saw everyone right from support staff, housekeeping...

On the occasion of World Sight Day observed on October 14, ENTOD Pharmaceuticals conducted around 30 free eye check-up and cataract camps across different locations in the country. Apart from offering free screenings to people, the campaign is raising awareness on the importance of eye health, diseases that can occur and even offer free...