Health

Health Care And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance

This is a series about solutions, or potential solutions, to real world problems.  It focuses on the line between failure and success, drawing on the stories of people wh...

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How Safe And Hygienic Is Your Food? Find Out

There are over 200 diseases caused by contaminated food or drinking water that contain harmful bacteria, parasites, viruses and chemical substances. Millions fall ill and many...

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AIF To Host Global Health Leaders At MANSI Summit In Boston

American India Foundation (AIF) will hold its inaugural Maternal and Neonatal Survival Initiative (MANSI) Summit at the Conference Centre, Merck Research Laboratories, Boston,...

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Political Apathy, Unplanned Urbanisation Make Vector-Borne Diseases Hard To Control in India

Only 60 per cent of the total plan outlay for vector-borne diseases spent between 2007 to2013; lack of co-ordination between ministries and state agencies a major hurdle in im...

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World Health Day 2015: From Farm to Plate, Make Food Safe

New data on the harm caused by foodborne illnesses underscore the global threats posed by unsafe foods, and the need for coordinated, cross-border action across the entire foo...

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Promoting Maternal Interaction Improves Growth, Weight Gain In Preemies

An intervention to teach mothers of preterm infants how to interact with their babies more effectively results in better weight gain and growth for the infants, according to a...

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How Will The Global Financing Facility Deliver For Sexual And Reproductive Health And Rights?

Sexual and reproductive health must be at the forefront of the health agenda. Despite family planning being the most cost-effective public health and development intervention,...

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Genital TB leading To Infertility Among 25-30% Women In India

NEW DELHI: Female genital tuberculosis is fast emerging as a major health issue that affects fertility levels in women. Doctors say tuberculosis is a major cause of infection ...

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Hospital deliveries up, yet 6.5k maternal deaths in Bihar every year

PATNA: That the graph of institutional deliveries is going up every year in the state notwithstanding, a recent study says most of the maternal deaths are taking at home. This...

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Bill Gates Reviews ??n Immunity??- Book On Vaccination

Vaccines continue to be a hot topic with the measles outbreak and the Ebola virus. In his latest book review of On Immunity by Eula Biss, Bill Gates takes a close look at the ...

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FESTIVALS: THE CHANGING FACE OF DURGA PUJA

Religious Fest? Reality Show? Sponsored Program? A little of all these? Monojit Lahiri l...

October 6 2024

POLITICS: GLOBAL VIOLENCE AND THE HUMAN TOLL

As wars and violence surge worldwide, this article explores the tragic human cost, globa...

October 5 2024

FESTIVALS: THE BATTLE OF VOICES 2024

We’re proud to partner with Battle of Voices 2024, a groundbreaking podcast compet...

October 4 2024