After creating a huge controversy by claiming that foreign patients who were treated in India developed antibiotic resistance, authors of the superbug New Delhi metallo-B-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) bacteria study published in the United Kingdom-based medical journal The Lancet now say that poor sanitation and unregulated antibiotic use presented an immense challenge and should be of great concern to the Indian health authorities and the world health organisation. Responding to queries in the...
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India loses more years to illness than China, Brazil by Soma Das
Health is wealth, goes the adage. For confirmation, check how much India loses to illness every year, and compare it with China. While China loses 15,279 healthy years per one lakh population per annum on account of illness and disability, the corresponding figure for India stands at 27,316, around 80% higher. India's performance on this crucial health indicator — which is also a proxy for labour productivity — appears gloomy even...
More »Coal mining in Meghalaya: Child labourers in the ‘rat-holes’ by Anjuman Ara Begum
“Inside the mine everything is very fragile. Even the falling of a small rock can cause death sometimes. People from outside cannot imagine what the hell is inside the mine!” These are the words of 16-year old Muzzammal Haque who works in a coal mine in the Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. He is yet another example of the bonded child labour in the various coal mines in the Jaintia Hills on...
More »India records sharp drop in polio cases: WHO by Shalini
According to recent estimates by the world health organisation (WHO) there's been a sharp drop in the number of polio cases this year as compared to the last. "This is the biggest drop we have seen in the last six years," said Dr J S Bhasin. The number of cases of type-1 polio is only 16 this year as compared to 51 last year, while type-3 cases stand at 23 against last...
More »WHO questions methodology of Lancet study on malaria mortality by Aarti Dhar
Use of verbal autopsy may result in many false positives: WHO Malaria has symptoms similar to many other diseases It cannot be correctly identified by local population Expressing serious doubts over the high estimates of 200,000 malaria deaths in India as reported in the latest edition of The Lancet, the world health organisation (WHO) on Thursday questioned the methodology adopted by the authors of the study. The Lancet uses verbal autopsy method which is...
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