Health & Sanitation
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...
Empower Children To Be Change Ambassadors
About 10,000 school children, 50 schools through 100 workshops are now enabled to become ‘Health Champions’ for their peers and communities. ‘She’s Ambassador’ is...
Corporate Collaborations Can Aid Health Scenario
Today, the Indian government spends only about one percent of its GDP on healthcare, which is among the lowest globally for any country. Along...
Talk Now- Better Late Than Never
World Health Day is an annual reminder, an alarm set by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to remind the world of both the increasing...
Participatory Dialogue On Maternal & Child Health Organised in Mumbai
Ambuja Cement Foundation, the CSR arm of Ambuja Cement, organised a knowledge sharing forum on Maternal and Child Health on the occasion of World...
Achieving Water Security in India: Towards Innovative Solutions
An ‘Open Situation Room’ on ‘Water Security in India: Towards Innovative Solutions’, as part of the ‘Humanitarian Diplomacy Lab’ event was held by Vestyn...
One In Every 10 people in Asia-Pacific Region Live Under Poverty: Report
About 400 million or one in ten people in Asia and the Pacific are living under poverty due to widening income inequality, according to a...
Tata Trusts and People For Animals To Launch State-Of-Art Veterinary Hospital
Tata Trusts, the philanthropic arm of the Tata group in partnership with People For Animals, announced their collaboration to build a state-of-the-art, multi-specialty veterinary...