-Newsclick.in Inadequate infrastructure and insufficient Health personnel emerged as the leading problem keeping women from accessing medical care. As many as 60% of women in the country face trouble accessing Healthcare for themselves, the findings of the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey(NFHS) have revealed. The complete report— which had surveyed women between the ages of 15-49 years about potential problems in obtaining medical treatment for themselves when they are...
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Wheat export ban, food security and public Health -Harinder Happy And Shivam Mogha
-The New Indian Express Rice has never been a staple food of Punjab, and the irony is that the rice crop covers the largest fertile area in Punjab. The recent developments regarding the international trade of Indian wheat has sparked a debate about India’s export policies. Besides the economics of the export ban move and India’s foreign policy, the public Health perspective should also influence decisions regarding the trading and distribution of...
More »Monkeypox symptoms, contagious phase can reduce with antiviral drugs, finds Lancet study
-IndiaToday.in A study published in the prestigious medical journal Lancet has found that some antiviral medications might have the potential to shorten symptoms of monkeypox and reduce the amount of time a patient is contagious. Nearly 20 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease, with more than 100 confirmed or suspected infections mostly in Europe. The outbreaks are raising alarm because monkeypox, which spreads through close...
More »Anti-child marriage crusader Ashok Dyalchand wins Swedish award -Shoumojit Banerjee
-The Hindu Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai is voted WCP’s ‘Child Rights Hero of the Decade’ City-based Ashok Dyalchand, who has been tirelessly campaigning against child marriages and for girls’ rights in India for more than four decades, was conferred with the prestigious Honorary Award at the World’s Children’s Prize (WCP) ‘Child Rights Hero’ ceremony held in Sweden on May 23. Dr. Dyalchand, a crusader for the rights of adolescent women through his Aurangabad-based Institute...
More »80% students found remote learning burdensome, missed peers: survey -Jagriti Chandra
-The Hindu Nearly 34 lakh students of 1.18 lakh schools in 720 districts participated Nearly 80% students found learning at home during the pandemic "burdensome" and felt that they learnt better in school with help from peers, according to the government's survey of more than one lakh schools across the country. The Ministry of Education on Wednesday released its National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report, which assesses the Health of the school education...
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