Health & Sanitation

People in the little village of Gunvata in Rajasthan's Amer district had been falling prey to various illnesses from burning unclean fuel for cooking. They relied heavily on fuel sources such as firewood and cow dung cakes for cooking food indoors. The smoke from these fires adversely affects women’s health the most since they...

Embassy Services Pvt. Ltd. (ESPL) in collaboration with the BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) launched a cutting edge Drone Disinfection Drive in Worli, Mumbai on June 22. Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Aaditya Thackeray and the honorable Mayor Kishori Pednekar oversaw the drive. This method was used for the disinfection of mosquito breeding grounds and other vector-borne diseases...

India has time and again turned to Ayurveda to resolve any health problems or diseases. The ancient Indian medical science has relied on natural remedies which do not have significant side effects to treat various ailments. COVID-19 pandemic and its lack of treatment or vaccine had encouraged many Ayurveda doctors to recommend concoctions that...

JSW Foundation, the social development arm of JSW Group, through its Ballari-based Jindal Sanjeevani Multi-Specialty Hospital has tied-up with six top Hospitals in Ballari district to provide in-patient healthcare facilities for Non-Covid-19 patients from the surrounding villages. This responsible move is aimed at ensuring continuity of medical care to regular and new patients of...

कोरोना संक्रमण को लेकर पूरे देश में भय का माहौल बना हुआ है। ऐसे में लोग कोरोना से बचने के लिए अलग-अलग उपाय कर रहे हैं। लोग कई प्रकार के नुस्खे अपनाने के साथ-साथ शरीर की रोग प्रतिरोधक क्षमता को बढ़ाने के लिए पुरानी परंपराओं की ओर भी लौट रहे हैं। इसमें सबसे महत्वपूर्ण...

By Bharti Gitay The link between mental health and physical health is often misunderstood. They’re often thought of as separate entities, but the two go hand in hand. In fact, the World Health Organisation (WHO) defines health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. According to Dr Michael Craig Miller, professor at Harvard Medical...

Why is a natural bodily process a topic of shame for women and teenage girls? Access to sanitary care products was hard; the COVID-19 pandemic has made it all the more difficult, especially for Indian women in the villages. Menstruation is a taboo word and various rituals demonising the natural female process culturally bind...

QuEST Global, a global product engineering and lifecycle services company, announced that it has developed a robust AI-powered solution that will enable healthcare professionals to accelerate COVID-19 screening of patients with pneumonia symptoms. Using advanced deep learning models, the AI-powered diagnostic solution can sort and identify chest X-rays of patients with COVID-19. With an accuracy...

Fujifilm India Private Limited has announced the supply of 800 essential commodity kits to protect mothers and girl children under IRIA Raksha project during this COVID-19 emergency. The kits consist of washable face mask, hand washing soap, a small pack of sanitary napkins, and Iron supplements like Folvite Tab. Aimed to support and rescue the...

Each one of us has dealt with anxiety and depression at one time or another. However, the acid test is; when is the anxiety containable and when does it become something that grips you and obstructs regular healthy functioning. When does it never abate, continuously “spiking” leaving you frightened, uncertain and hopeless. Norwegian artist Edvard...

Donating blood – a voluntary life-giving act that can save lives – is still a scary prospect. Despite decades of research and awareness campaigns, this gift of life from a healthy person to the sick or injured is shrouded in mystery. We bust 10 most common blood donation myths on World Blood Donor Day...

With most countries into various extensions of their lockdown in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, isolation, fear over the loss of job and lack of physical contact is leading to mental health problems amongst individuals. The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting the need to urgently increase investment in services for mental health or risk a...