Health & Sanitation

Visual impairment is one of the worst forms of disability, which causes the individual to be chronically dependent on someone else. It is very difficult to cope with this form of disability especially for the poor people as they cannot afford to equip the visually impaired person with required training and care which could...

The Micron Foundation, the non-profit arm of Micron Technology, is pleased to announce its partnership with The Akshaya Patra Foundation to provide wholesome mid-day meals to children in Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Micron will be contributing $100,000 towards Akshaya Patra’s endeavour to serve hot, nutritious and hygienic meals to 5,000 children in Government and Government-aided...

India has made tremendous progress in terms of financial inclusion, cleanliness, technology, women empowerment and foreign policy in the last few years. The combined effort by the governments, corporates, Non-Profits and the citizens has paid off very well in achieving these goals that seemed like a faraway dream a while ago. However, India continues...

Medical abortion (MA) has emerged as the preferred method of abortion care in India. In fact, about 81% of the 15.6 million annual abortions are performed using MA drugs. MA is viewed as a safe, effective and simpler option for women who may have otherwise faced barriers in accessing safe abortion care. Considering the importance...

The World Bank estimates that more than a fifth of all communicable diseases in India (21%) are caused by contaminated water. According to a study by the Indian Nitrogen Group, a task force of scientists tracking the issue, the amount of reactive nitrogen in a bulk of the water bodies in India is already...

Radhika Joshi lost a loved one to kidney failure. That is when she realized that every year about 5 lakh individuals lose their lives due to the unavailability of organs and only 0.86% per million people donate their organs due to countless myths surrounding this cause. 19-year-old Radhika founded The Second Chance Project, which uses...

Access to vital health products, in India and around the world, is hampered by the last mile problem: the difficulty of matching the supply of medicine from central storage to the demand at urban and rural health facilities All too often, people requiring lifesaving care do not get the medicine they need when they...

By Dr Bharat Champaneria, Kaka Ba Hospital, CSR initiative of Cadilla Pharmaceuticals. Ingestion of bulk drugs by the rising demands in the global pharmaceutical markets has led to an exponential growth of the Indian manufacturers present in the healthcare industry. This makes one realise how well-being, fitness and everything related to health is becoming an...

Swades Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Maharashtra on 27th August 2019, which will expand its area of operation across the state of Maharashtra. In 2016, Swades Foundation announced a strategic partnership with the Public Health Department of the Government of Maharashtra to implement crucial health interventions in six blocks...

There is lack of awareness and a dearth of mental health professionals in Government Schools. With minimum resources being dedicated to combat this, its evident that the schools do not see the need to provide counsellors and other support systems to combat this issue. Little to no information is collected about the mental health...

Snakebites claim approximately 50,000 lives every year across India, making our country the global capital of snakebite deaths. Despite the situation, there is not much done to address this issue. In May 2019, the WHO has announced its road map towards 2030 with an aim to reduce snakebite deaths by 50% with India being...

DIRT IS SIMPLY MATTER OUT OF PLACE (Mary Douglass, 1970) Solid waste management is a global issue. The 2030 agenda for sustainable development allows for a significant role to gender in human settlements in addressing questions of circular economy. At the same time, landfill sites have become a major source of contamination, affecting water and the...