Health & Sanitation

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...

भारतीय रेलवे एक ऐसी ट्रेन को भी चलाती है जो महज ट्रेन न होकर बकायदा एक बड़ा सा हॉस्पिटल है, इसके अंदर हर एक वह सुविधाएं हैं जो कि एक सुपरस्पेशलिटी हॉस्पिटल में होती है, यहां जांच भी होता है और इलाज भी। छत्रपति शिवाजी महाराज रेलवे स्टेशन पर खड़े इस बोगी को देखने के...

One of the greatest challenges facing humanity is the day when the taps run dry. While many grapple with the basic need for cooking, washing, drinking and even farming, there are many more facing the calamities of climate, as floods and lashing storms ravage home and landscapes. Managing this water crisis is today an...

Universal Health coverage is one of the SDGs, which India is striving hard to achieve. While there is an overall shortage of doctors and healthcare practitioners in the country, it is more felt in the rural areas. It may take some time to set up a permanent infrastructure to ensure that adequate medical facilities...

The menstrual hygiene cause promises women and teenage girls a better life by endorsing sanitary ware that will allow them to take part in social activities and have more confidence. However, in a market-driven economy, where the main motive of the producers is to maximize profit, the motives of the CSR and social campaigns...

Nestlé India, in collaboration with Recity Network and Dalhousie Municipal Council launched the Hilldaari Initiative today at an event in Snow Valley resort, Dalhousie in the presence of key Government dignitaries. The movement aims at transforming solid waste management practices and making Dalhousie one of the cleanest hill stations of India. At the event, 12...

India’s economy is soaring and is now the world’s envy, but its healthcare system remains an Achilles’ heel. For millions of people, the high cost of treating illnesses continues to undermine economic progress. This is largely on account of India’s dilapidated healthcare system: a major symptom of the dire lack of funding. India ranks...

Kirloskar Brothers Ltd (KBL) initiated flood relief measures on a war footing in Sangli district of Maharashtra providing essential help to the authorities as well as the flood affected families of the region. Sangli district in Maharashtra houses the first factory of the company at Kirloskarvadi, a township developed by Laxmanrao Kirloskar more than 100 years ago. Kirloskar Brothers...