Health & Sanitation
Increasing Commitment For The Cancer Community In India
Around 2.5 million people in India are living with the disease of cancer. Every year, over 7 lakh new patients are registered, according to...
Yoga At Your Desk: International Yoga Day
Yoga helps in flexibility, stamina, body strength, improving sleep cycle and maintaining mental balance. Way over 4 million people have pledged to make yoga a regular activity in their lives, but more has to be done than signing an online petition.
Value Alignment Is Essential To Co-Create Projects: Garima Dutt, Senior Manager, CSR, GlaxoSmithKline
Concentrated in the space of healthcare, GlaxoSmithKline is in partnership with World Health Organisation (WHO). While in conversation with the lead person, Garima Dutt,...
Make Blood Available And Accessible: World Blood Donor Day
57% of the world’s countries collect blood through unpaid volunteers. Unpaid, voluntary blood donors ensure a standard base and safe blood transfusions, in times of need. One unit of blood can help several patients.
ARMMAN Wins Share Of Healthcare Innovation Award
ARMMAN has been awarded $115,000 (approximately Rs. 74 lakhs) to scale-up their customised free mobile voice call service, mMitra. The service provides tailored preventive...
“By Women, For Women”-Encourage Menstrual Hygiene In India
Sometime after observing World Menstrual Hygiene Day, a community development nonprofit, The Desai Foundation in collaboration with Shantaben Vidhyabhavan announced the expansion of its “by women, for women” Sanitary Napkins Program in Gujarat,...
Why India’s New Maternity Law Is Bad News For Women
The Maternity Bill has been in force since 1 April, bringing in a host of issues in its wake. There have been over the economic forces...
Abortion Kills 20 Lakh Women Every Year: Survey
Abortion remains highly restricted in India. The governing law, the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (1971), permits abortions before 12 weeks of pregnancy by a registered medical practitioner or before 20 weeks of pregnancy with the approval of two registered medical practitioners, but only if the mother or child's mental or physical health is in danger. A slightly more liberal amendment is under consideration, but still does not allow abortion if the woman simply wishes to terminate the pregnancy.
50 Children With Speech & Hearing Disabilities Supported With Rs. 2.65 Crore
SBI Foundation partnered with Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities (AYJNISHD), Mumbai for providing cochlear implants to 50 children born...
Is Assam’s Two-Child Norm Implausible?
Recently, Assam’s health minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, unveiled the draft of a new population policy for the state. It proposes, among other things, to...
National Innovation System Required For Better Access To Medicines
Noted surgeon Dr. N K Pandey emphasised that sustainable development goals (SDGs) related to access to medicines and healthcare, should definitely be a priority...
FDEC Commences Roll-Out Of Malaria Demonstration Project
The Foundation for Disease Elimination and Control of India (FDEC-INDIA), Indian Council of Medical Research and Govt. of Madhya Pradesh announced Phase 1 roll-out...