Why Nipah virus outbreaks are occurring only in Kerala Context Since May 2018, when Kerala announced the first Nipah outbreak in Kozhikode district, there have been three more Nipah outbreaks, the most recent in late August 2023. Three of the four Nipah outbreaks in Kerala […]
For sickle cell patients, an elusive disability certificate Context At three Union Ministries, a plan to issue permanent disability certificates to sickle-cell disease patients older than five has been bogged down for nearly three years. A Standing Committee of the Parliament encouraged the government to […]
Centre and WHO to Launch Global Initiative on Digital Health Context In conjunction with the upcoming G-20 conference in Gandhinagar, India and the World Health Organization (WHO) will introduce the Global Initiative on Digital Health on Saturday. Data Convergence: The project’s main goal is to […]
Health Ministry defends PMJAY as CAG audit exposes multiple frauds Context: The flagship health insurance program of the Centre has come under scrutiny this week due to anomalies uncovered by the Comptroller and Auditor-General. On Wednesday, the Health Ministry defended the program, claiming that cellphone […]
A Record 93% DPT3 Immunisation Coverage in 2022: WHO Context The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the coverage rate for DPT3, or the third dose of diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus vaccine, reached an all-time high of 93% in India in 2022, surpassing the previous […]
Centre Adding More Services to Ayushman Bharat Health Centres Context: By the end of August, further services will be added to the current offerings, including screening, prevention, control, and management of non-communicable illnesses, treatment for common ophthalmology and ENT issues, senior and palliative health care […]
Omicron Variant Covid-19 The SARS-CoV-2 virus is the cause of the communicable disease COVID-19. COVID-19′s initial case was discovered in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a pandemic in March 2020 as a result of the disease’s rapid global spread. […]
Monkeypox outbreaks in the Asia-Pacific region Context : The World Health Organisation (WHO) ended the Mpox global health emergency more than a month ago. There has been a surge in reported cases from several nations, particularly in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific Region, even […]
How can India tackle its diabetes burden? Context : The findings of the largest long-term (2008–2020) study on metabolic variables on the Indian subcontinent, which was part of the ICMR–InDiab study, was released last week in The Lancet (by Anjana Ranjit Mohan et al). The […]
Are non-communicable diseases increasing in India? Context : According to the most recent official predictions for diabetes and other non-communicable diseases, 31 million additional Indians will develop diabetes in the next four years (2019–2021), and approximately 40% of the population will have abdominal obesity. Stress, […]