Health & Sanitation

Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of premature death and disease, currently leading to over five million deaths annually worldwide. These are...

India has approximately 26 million people who are visually impaired due to eye diseases. Because of this, many potentially productive people end up leading...

According to the World Health Organisation, about seven million people die every year due to air pollution. In 2016, air pollution accounted for 4.2...

Healthcare and sanitation is a right to everyone. But because of lack of infrastructure, awareness and professionals, it is not accessible to about 60%...

India has been able to fight protein hunger and calorie hunger but now there is a need to fight hidden hunger. India’s focus needs...

World Health Organisation has defined Biomedical waste as ‘Waste generated from hospitals, nursing homes, blood banks and veterinary institutions, including syringes, bandages, amputated body...

RB (erstwhile Reckitt Benckiser), world’s leading consumer Health and Hygiene Company, in association with the World Toilet Organisation (Singapore) and Jagran Pehel, has laid...

Manual Scavenging is the inhuman practice which involves cleaning of human excreta without any personal protective equipment with shoddy tools and most of the...

आज १५ अगस्त है। हमारे देश को आजाद हुए पुरे ७१ वर्ष हो गए। पुरा हिंदुस्तान आजादी का जश्न मना रहा है। जगह-जगह तिरंगा...

Organ donation rates in India are very low and we are struggling with severe shortage of organs for transplantation. Every 10 minutes, a new...

India is the second most populous country in the world which consists of one fifth of the world’s population. According to a UN report,...

India has made decent strides over the past 2.5 years in improving family planning access and use of contraceptives among both married and unmarried...