How Incomplete Health Data On Adolescents Hamper Policy Design
New Delhi: India routinely misestimates thinness, overweight and stunting among adolescents because official data...
Lack of contraceptives during lockdown could lead to unsafe abortions, maternal deaths
New Delhi: The lockdown due to COVID-19 has restricted the access of millions of women to their choice of contraception....
Obesity Puts Younger People At Risk For Severe COVID-19: Study
New Delhi: Obesity could make COVID-19 infection more severe, a new study in the medical journal The Lancet says. “[I]n...
COVID-19 leaves denotified nomadic tribespeople hungry, indebted
New Delhi: Denotified and Nomadic Tribes (DNT) comprise 10% of India’s population, and are struggling during the...
‘Four Reasons Why BCG Vaccine Should Not Be Used Without Conclusive Evidence’
Amid ongoing research on the use of the tuberculosis vaccine Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) for controlling COVID-19,...
Financial Support Not Reaching Those In Need: 3-State Survey
New Delhi: Informal workers who live day to day urgently need cash support from their governments to survive the...
Kota Child Deaths: A Story Of Flailing Primary & Secondary Care, Overstretched Tertiary Care
Doctors and medical staff attend to an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit of Kota’s J K Lon Hospital, which saw...
Jharkhand, Rajasthan Villages Falter On Adolescent Health Facilities, Awareness: Social Audits
New Delhi: Seven of 85 villages audited in Jharkhand and Rajasthan had adolescent-friendly health services, 11 provided...