Polio’s Return After Near Eradication Prompts a Global Health Warning

Alarmed by the spread of polio to several fragile countries, the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency on Monday for only the second time since regul...

Crime against Women in India

The process of Women empowerment in India has had a long and rich history. Women have faced a lot of challenges during the medieval era but this was changed overtime by vig...

Star-Studded 21st Annual Race To Erase MS Raises Over $1.75 Million

On Friday, May 2, host, MS survivor and advocate Nancy Davis welcomed guests to the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza for the 21st Annual Race to Erase MS. The event raise over $...

UN launches Bollywood music video for gay rights in India

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Wednesday launched the first-ever Bollywood-style UN music video at a press conference in Mumbai, India to promot...

WHO presents manual for countries to eliminate malaria

On the occasion of World Malaria Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday launched a manual to help countries assess their achievements in eliminating the disease...

Can we eradicate HIV/AIDS?

Wednesday is the 30-year anniversary of the day my colleagues and I reported that a new retrovirus, now known as HIV, was the agent causing AIDS. We also announced the deve...

ACEE The Third Eye Presents Supernova, A Panel Discussion on Portrayal of Health, Young Mothers and Parenting in the World of Films, Television and Media

ACEE The Third Eye is empowering the creative leadership of the media and entertainment industries of India with accurate information on key health, legal,...

At long last, WHO certifies Bangladesh polio-free

Through a robust national immunization programme, Bangladesh mostly rid itself of the crippling disease in 2003. But the country reported a final case of poliomyelitis in M...

Is This Our Democracy?

While watching the show Satyamev Jayate hosted by Aamir Khan, running on Sunday mornings on Star Plus, last week, I began to feel faint.

Our acceptance of a flawed ...