Health & Sanitation

World Smile Day 2020 is spreading happiness all over today. You're officially obligated to smile today and do small acts of kindness. We are kidding. No one can force you to smile, it's an act of will. However, there are millions of children and adults who want to break into a wide grin, but...

The United Nations International Day of Older Persons 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the designation of this special day for global senior citizens. It brings the rights and the health of the elderly into focus. More so this year, with the pandemic making them more vulnerable to neglect. What is International Day of Older...

BIG FM has joined hands with the Indian Cancer Society for a second time for its campaign: Together Against Cancer. The month-long CSR campaign spearheaded by BIG RJ Abhilash from Mumbai aims to create awareness about the dreadful disease and help raise funds for those suffering from cancer during the current pandemic. Last year, a...

On the last and final day of National Nutrition Month 2020, we are turning the spotlight on top CSR-funded nutrition programmes. Corporate social responsibility initiatives in the area of nutrition not only support the Indian government's Poshan Abhiyaan but also align with the United Nations SDG 2: Zero Hunger. Here are the largest and most...

SBI Foundation, the CSR arm of State Bank of India, has launched the India Health Alliance (IHA). This will be a collaborative healthcare programme to support the Government of India in its efforts to combat current and future healthcare challenges. To catalyze this initiative, United States Agency for International Development (USAID India) has joined as...

Eating enough is not enough. Eating right is as important for the holistic development of humans. In order to highlight this, India observes the month of September as National Nutrition Month. In a country where it is difficult for people to find enough to eat, finding a balanced diet is a far-fetched dream, especially amid...

World Heart Day 2020 is being celebrated on the penultimate day of National Nutrition Month. What could be more fortuitous? #PoshanMaah stands for a healthy body and strong heart. Gauging the importance of nutrition for the heart is like asking if a fish needs water. The heart's resistance to cardiovascular disease (CVD), high blood...

September is celebrated as National Nutrition Month (Rashtriya Poshan Maah) in India. The country not only has the maximum share of global hunger but also has a huge share of obesity. Malnutrition in India is not just about the unavailability of food. It is also about the consumption of incorrect kind of food, that...

The impact of the COVID 19 pandemic has reverberated across the global, regional and local economies. The eye care ecosystem is no exception to the epidemiology of COVID-19; service delivery, education and research are witnessing major roadblocks. In the absence of a vaccine or a drug that can treat the viral infection as of date,...

Aerospace precision engineering and manufacturing company Aequs announced the launch of AQoventTM, a medical-grade, low-cost, and mass-produced mechanical resuscitator. AQoventTM is an oxygen-driven emergency resuscitator that can provide constant-flow, pressure-cycled ventilation automatically to patients in respiratory distress.  Aequs is manufacturing these resuscitators in India based on the license procured on the concept design from the University...

Rashtriya Poshan Maah or National Nutrition Month 2020 as the anglicized would call it, is coming to a close next week. Nutrition has acquired more significance than ever, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Apart from exercise and good sleep, a nutritious diet forms the third leg of the immunity tripod. Immunity, of course, is...

Upasana Kamineni Konidela is Vice-Chairperson CSR of Apollo Foundation. She is a next-gen entrepreneur from the Apollo Hospitals Family who believes in creating socialistic sustainable businesses that create a meaningful impact and also give back to society as a whole. The Apollo Hospitals Group spearheads many breakthroughs first-of-its-kind initiatives in healing India; two of which...