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TB Care Is Free, But 45% Patient Families Suffer ‘Catastrophic’...
New Delhi: About 45% of households with tuberculosis (TB) patients suffered catastrophic costs--defined here as...
Elimination by 2027? India’s Final Push Against Lymphatic Filariasis
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi: Santosh Kumar, 44, rides his bicycle slowly, his swollen leg dragging awkwardly...
Why India Must Keep Covid-Era Oxygen Plants Running
Mount Abu, Rajasthan: In late September 2024, the high court of Chhattisgarh registered a suo motu public interest...
Why India Needs To Act Decisively On Microplastics
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh: They’re the size of a sand grain. At smaller than 5 millimetres (mm), microplastics enter us...
Why Jay Bhattacharya, Next Director of National Institutes Of Health, Opposed Covid Lockdowns
It was April 2020, the era of Covid lockdowns when tests were limited and difficult to access, a positive test meant...
‘India Could See An Epidemic Of Lung Cancer From Air Pollution’
Noida/Gurugram: On November 19, as many as 22 of the 35 air quality monitoring stations in Delhi recorded an air quality...
‘Drug & Vaccine Funding, Surveillance Critical To End Neglected Tropical Diseases’
Noida, Uttar Pradesh: On August 1, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare conducted a programme of mass drug...
Why Female Sterilisation Remains India’s Most Popular Family Planning Method
Noida: After Geeta Devi* (32) had her second child in 2014, she decided that she did not want any more children. With...
