Health & Sanitation

While macroplastics are a visible problem, microplastics and nanoplastics which are generated through physical, biological and chemical actions on plastic are emerging as a more serious health hazard. Due to their invisible nature, microplastics and nanoplastics can enter our bodies through products that contain nano-plastics such as scrubs, lipsticks, mascara, shampoos etc., other than...

Nipah is a deadly virus that can be transmitted to humans from the body fluids of infected bats. When infected bats feed on fruits or date palms, they contaminate the fruits. Once someone gets infected, he or she can spread Nipah virus to others. The recent outbreak in Kerala, which follows one that occurred...

India is a growing economy yet it’s frightening that every 3rd child in the country suffers from malnutrition, while two million children die from preventable diseases every year. Infant deaths in India remain the highest in the world. 802,000 infants died in India in 2017 due to lack of access to clean water, sanitation, proper...

Here's a solution developed right here in India, capable of offering clean drinking water, practically free of cost. A small firm in Tamil Nadu is providing crystal clear water to cities abroad using traditional knowledge about herbs. The man behind the revolutionary innovation is a former journalist. KP Sunil "couldn't clean the scum of politics,"...

While the countries of the world are progressing well at achieving the SDG targets, but the questions arise whether the efforts are enough after the Joint Monitoring Report on water, sanitation and hygiene, produced jointly by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), and the World Health Organization (WHO), that was released recently. According to the report,...

In a tribal district in Madhya Pradesh, toddlers are branded with hot iron rods to treat malnutrition. The tradition has been going on for generations. 42 per cent of Umaria’s land is under forest cover, and over 80 per cent of its population is rural. The district has been under influence of treatments by quacks...

India has the most number of malnourished children in the world – 1 in every 3 children is malnourished. Out of 500 million children in India, a whopping 97 million are anaemic and undernourished. The deficiency of micronutrients like iron, iodine, vitamin A, folate and zinc results in malnutrition in India. The situation is extremely...

An estimated 789 million people, 11% of the world’s population, are undernourished. If trends persist, the goal of ending hunger by 2030 will be missed. Data collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) — using the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) in the context of the Voices of the Hungry project for 141...

CSR should hold the end-user at the centre of any work, believes Rajvi Mariwala. The daughter of Marico chairman Harsh Mariwala, Rajvi is a serious feminist and passionate animal rights advocate. Find out how the interests of next-gen philanthropist Rajvi Mariwala reinforce each other in an exclusive interview for The CSR Journal print issue....

Bureaucrats are generally criticized in mainstream media but these new age bureaucrats are changing the image of the whole class. Every other day you get to know an inspirational story of how they are making way against the odds. We should celebrate these heroes because the celebration is the least they deserve. Chhattisgarh is infamous...

In March 2010, the UN General Assembly proclaimed the decade between 2011-2020 as the Decade of Road Safety. As a part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) that India is a signatory to, it was decided that nations will take all possible action to bring down road accident deaths and injuries by 50% before...

More than 100 children lost their lives in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar because of the Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) outbreak. AES, more commonly referred to as ‘Brain fever’, has been triggered by the consumption of litchis on an empty stomach at night. While the luscious fruit has triggered the disease in the state, it isn’t...