Health & Sanitation

A charity the Duchess of Sussex worked with before she got married to Prince Harry has released new video of Meghan in India. Meghan's travels with World Vision to Rwanda in 2016 have been well documented, but the charity today released more images of the duchess on a humanitarian visit to Delhi and Mumbai...

The Hinduja Foundation, responsible for the extensive philanthropic activities of the Hinduja Group has announced a new four-way partnership with the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF) in Chennai, the KEM Hospital and Research Centre in Pune and the P D Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre in Mumbai. This new ground-breaking partnership - the first of...

With the primary objective of providing quality healthcare to the underprivileged children, Amway India, the country’s largest FMCG Direct Selling Company, organized free health check-up camps in 14 locations across the country. Commemorating the World Health Day, this initiative also included an interactive and educational session with the aim to improve the nutritional knowledge and...

The global food industry is reaching a crossroad. It has been estimated that by 2050, the global population will reach up to 2 billion people. Countries around the world will have to find a way to produce more food than they have in the past 8,000 years to meet the increased demand for food. World Bank has stated...

CSR Advisors and Wockhardt Foundation along with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health – India Research Center, conducted a roundtable to discuss issues concerned with Menstrual Health and the Role of Corporate Social Responsibility. The discussion aimed at highlighting the challenges faced by women in managing menstrual health and identifying plausible solutions to...

India is short of an estimated 600,000 doctors and 2 million nurses, according to a study conducted by U.S.-based Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP). The scientists at the centre found that the lack of staff who are properly trained in administering antibiotics is preventing patients from acquiring live-saving drugs. The report states...

While the overall state of healthcare in India has improved over the past 10 years, it still continues to be one of the key concern areas particularly for the rural population in the country. Access to quality healthcare is still a challenge and we are far away from fulfilling the WHO norm of having...

Malnutrition is a substantial issue in middle income and low-income countries. It encompasses both – undernutrition as well as obesity. However maternal undernutrition is a bigger risk as it stunts the growth and development of a child before it is even born. Inadequate intake of nutritious food, early and multiple pregnancies, poverty and gender...

Thalassemia is the most common genetic blood disorder that is prevalent in India. It is a blood disorder, which destroys critical red blood cells. There are various degrees of severity associated with this disorder—major and minor. Thalassemia major causes a reduction in the production of functional haemoglobin in the body. This causes a shortage of...

If India is to achieve its goal of supplying water to 90% of rural households by 2022, then scaling water interventions is paramount. However, the dominant technologies currently in use may not be fully adequate to provide holistic water solutions in rural areas. The prime concern is around wastage of water in some technologies that...

Strengthening its commitment towards building a healthier society and positively impacting the lives of people in marginalised communities, Nestlé India in collaboration with S M Sehgal Foundation, launched Project ‘Vriddhi’, an initiative towards village adoption ahead of World Health Day. The three-year project is aimed at improving the livelihoods of 1,400 people in the...

Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh unit last week provided spectacles to over 530 students as part of its Baljyoti Eye Health programme. The distribution of spectacles was carried out through several eye screening camps organised over a span of four months for over 18,000 students in Lanjigarh block, and took it to another 27,000 students in Junagarh...