Health Check - Page 3
How Rohingya Refugees Are Impacted By Limited Access To Healthcare
Bengaluru, Delhi and Nuh, Haryana: Wasim* folds a part of his chequered lungi above his right knee and sits with his...
In 2020, 225,000 Indians Died Of Cancer From Preventable Risk Factors
Mumbai: In 2020, more than 225,000 Indians died of cancer caused by preventable risk factors, a recent study has...
Why India Could Miss 2030 Target To Eliminate Cervical Cancer
Mount Abu, Rajasthan: Poonam*, aged 53, an anganwadi worker in a village in Gurugram, Haryana got herself screened for...
Explainer: Why First-Ever ‘Health Day’ At COP28 Is Significant
Mumbai: Indian children who were under the age of one between the years 2013 and 2022 experienced 43% more heatwave days...
In Battle Of Rights, SC Pits Mother Against Unborn Child
New Delhi: When the 27-year-old pregnant woman and her husband came to advocate Amit Mishra on October 2, they had...
Ageing India Needs Better Primary Care, Universal Health Coverage
Noida: By the year 2050, one in five Indians will be over the age of 60, twice the proportion in 2022. India’s average...
What India Must Do To End TB Conclusively
Mount Abu, Rajasthan: “I have no hesitation [to say] that India will end tuberculosis (TB) by 2025,” said the executive...
Debt, Distress Sales: How Indians Pay For Healthcare
Mumbai: Ghazala* (26) and her sister took their father Imran* from Tatanagar in Jharkhand to Kolkata when he fell ill in...
