
India’s Vaccination Mission Narrows Focus To Meet March 2020 Target
New Delhi: Two in five infants nationwide did not receive complete immunisation, leaving them susceptible to disease. An...
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...

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...

Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics: What Has Worked, What Hasn’t
Some 60-70 patients, mostly women, children and the eldery, visit the Mohalla Clinic in south Delhi’s Khirki village. ...

COVID-19: As Govt Denies Community Transmission, Experts Say Too Few Tested To Know
New Delhi: Hasibul Nisha, 35, from Dwarka in New Delhi, has been suffering from a dry cough, cold and fever for six...

Malaria Season Looms As India Struggles To Contain COVID-19
New Delhi: As India grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, the yearly malaria crisis is looming and must get due...

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...

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....
