India’s Fight Against Tuberculosis in Six Charts
Jaipur: In 2019, the Indian government recorded over 2.4 million tuberculosis (TB) cases--275 cases per hour--including...
India Does Not Test Healthcare Workers Regularly, Putting Them And Patients At Risk
Jaipur: Rashmi (name changed), a nurse at Mumbai’s King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, tested positive for COVID-19 on...
Why We Don’t Know India’s Actual COVID-19 Mortality Ratio
Delhi and Jaipur: If India’s COVID-19 mortality ratio is calculated on the basis of cases with known outcomes--whether...
Study On COVID-19 Testing Data Calls For Random Testing, Improved Data Quality
Jaipur and Delhi: Data on exposure to COVID-19 were missing for 70.6% of patients tested between January 30 and April...
How Many People Does One COVID-19 Patient Infect In India?
Jaipur: Between May 16 and May 25, the number of people infected by one COVID-19 patient on average (known as the...
12-Day Doubling Time Would Leave India With 8.5 Mn COVID-19 Cases By August 2020
The doubling time for COVID-19 cases in India has fluctuated between 10 days and 12 days since May 1, 2020. A difference...
No Cure Or Vaccine, Doctors Rely On Each Other, & Guidelines
Mumbai & Jaipur: “We were all really scared,” said Jeenam Shah, a pulmonologist, of the time his first COVID-19...
Delaying Babies, Using Toilets Could Roll Back Anaemia Crisis Of Indian Women
Jaipur: Improved sanitation facilities and delayed pregnancy in India could reduce the rates of anaemia in pregnant...