Health & Sanitation

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Information Technology Development Agency (ITDA) - a society registered by Government of Uttarakhand, to set up an Internet of Things (IoT) Center of Excellence (CoE) in Dehradun. The CoE is designed to provide a platform to train underprivileged students with technical backgrounds...

Hyundai Motor India Foundation, the philanthropic and CSR arm of Hyundai Motor India Ltd. has commenced their first health initiative Mobile Chikitsa under their public health programme 'Sparsh Sanjeevani' to bolster India’s healthcare services in rural neighbourhoods. What is Mobile Chikitsa? Mobile Chikitsa is a mobile primary healthcare clinic with doctor on board and equipped with...

In one of the first studies of its kind in Australia, Flinders University environment and marine ecology experts have conducted an Adelaide-based survey of how residents connect with and rate the attributes of Adelaide’s northern metropolitan coastal wetlands, from Torrens Island to Thompson Beach. The findings on the benefits of wetlands, just published in the journal...

The Live Love Laugh Foundation (TLLLF), a charitable trust set up in 2015 to give hope to every person experiencing stress, anxiety and depression, has announced the completion of the first cycle of the Certificate Course in Common Mental Disorders (CCCMD). The training programme for doctors, delivered in partnership with the Public Health Foundation...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered the first paperless budget at noon today. The Union Budget 2021 speech was her shortest, clocking under two hours. Healthcare and Swachh Bharat, big infra projects and public transport, the COVID-19 vaccine and Atmanirbhar Bharat dominated the announcements. The farmers, the poor and the middle class were largely ignored. Was...

Sasakawa-India Leprosy Foundation (S-ILF), an organisation dedicated to the socio-economic empowerment of persons affected by leprosy and their families organized Samvaad on this World Leprosy Day. This initiative is an endeavour to engage in continued dialogue with the people living in leprosy colonies of Madhya Pradesh in order to understand the problems and issues faced...

India is a country of inequalities, despite the interventions by successive governments towards income redistribution. India, being a welfare state strives to establish equality of opportunity for all of its population. However, even today, on one side, the rich of the country continue to make extravagant purchases, while the poor of the country continue...

World Leprosy Day is observed on the last Sunday of January. The day was chosen by French humanitarian Raoul Follereau in 1953 to coincide with the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's death which happened on the last Sunday of January 1948. Leprosy is also known as Hansen's disease and is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by...

With Anti Leprosy Day on 30th January 2021, the WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, Yohei Sasakawa, Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) Initiative, National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India (MoHFW), and WHO India today jointly launched a pictorial flipchart on leprosy for Accredited Social Health Activists...

Keeping in mind the need for extensive COVID-19 testing, Ericsson India Global Services Pvt. Ltd. (Ericsson) has joined hands with Smile Foundation to support government initiatives towards collecting test samples for Covid testing at designated Government labs in Chennai and Pune. Ericsson has been supporting Smile on Wheels, mobile medical units of Smile Foundation, in...

As India celebrated its 72nd Republic Day, Harpic Mission Paani hosted its first Waterthon celebrating the country’s water heroes. The 8-Hour long Waterthon brought together leading policy makers, celebrities from all walks of life, the Armed Forces and corporates to address the criticality of water for hygiene and conservation. India’s largest Waterthon witnessed a series...

Leading steelmakers of India, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) rolled out a CSR programme for providing primary eye health services for truck drivers, beginning with the community in its Angul integrated steel plant. The CSR programme envisioned by the Chairman of JSPL, Naveen Jindal was inaugurated by the Chairperson of JSPL Foundation, Shallu Jindal...