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Why You Should Care About the ‘One Health’ Approach to

WebAnd One Health to combat zoonoses rests on two premises. First: wildlife and livestock present shared reservoirs for pathogen exchange and spread. Second: …

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Understanding COVID-19 Through the Lens of the Social Sciences

WebThus, the overall GDP in this quarter has shrunk and it is estimated at 4.2% in March compared to 6.1% in the financial year 2019. There is another dimension to this …

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How the Pandemic Revealed Nagaland’s Poor Health Infrastructure

WebPhoto: Vishü Rita Krocha. An official from the state’s health department told The Wire Science that “without a medical college, the state will always fumble.”. The …

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Could All Shapes Have Their Origin in a Universal Genetic

WebHaresh Lalvani, a professor at the Pratt School of Architecture, New York, and co-founder and director of its Center for Experimental Structures, has long wondered …

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The Importance of Mental Healthcare for All – The Wire Science

WebGood mental health is achieved with the help of good parenting, a good education, economic awareness, encouraging independence, and social and gender …

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Health Care Has a Huge Environmental Footprint. This Is a Matter …

WebWe found health care is harming the environment in ways that, in turn, harm health, thereby counteracting the primary mission of health care. For example, we found …

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India’s Online Aggregator Platforms Are a New Way To

WebPortea, CallHealth and Zoctr provide home services. Services like SigTuple, KlinicApp, 5C Network and Qure.ai provide direct-to-consumer laboratory tests. Then …

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India: Why Social Context and Family Relationships Are

WebThe importance of familial relationships in patients’ experience of and care for diabetes poses questions not only about access to healthcare but also about the …

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US: BMI Alone Will No Longer Be Treated as the Go-to Measure …

WebFurther, just as a variety of health factors may affect the accuracy of BMI to predict how much body fat someone has, health outcomes such as developing diabetes …

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Only Data Driven Insights Can Tackle India’s Health Inequalities

WebTo tackle inequalities in any sector, the foremost step is to be able to measure them through adequate data. Lack of timely and interoperable data prevents us …

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In Rural Chhattisgarh, Health Problems Go Far Beyond Medical

WebAccording to World Health Organisation data, 80% of the world’s malaria cases come from India, Ethiopia, Pakistan and Indonesia. In January this year, one in …

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COVID-19: Why Does Bihar’s Public Healthcare System Struggle So

WebBihar chief minister Nitish Kumar. Photo: PTI. The COVID-19 pandemic in India is spreading rapidly from urban to rural areas, including in Bihar. The recent surge …

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In Maharashtra’s Wardha, Symptoms of Community Transmission …

WebA medic arranges samples to test for COVID-19 with an antigen test kit, in Kolkata, August 2020. Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra. New Delhi: Dr S.P. Kalantri, the …

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The Things We Don’t Know About Zika Virus, But Should, Could …

WebThe Zika virus has considerable potential to penetrate our borders to play havoc amid the ideal conditions provided both for it and the mosquitoes.

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In India, Climate Change Poses New Challenge to Healthcare: …

WebOn most days in the driest period, it gets only 7,000 litres, and sometimes half. The effects of climate change in Uttarakhand include receding glaciers, erratic …

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Explained: Despite Govt Claims, India’s Health Budget Only …

WebOverall, the health budget – as can be seen from the ‘Expenditure of Major Items’ statement of the Budget – has increased from Rs 67,484 crore (BE 2020-2021) to …

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Economic Survey Takes Aim at Out-of-Pocket Spend, High Private

WebEconomic Survey Takes Aim at Out-of-Pocket Spend, High Private Healthcare Costs. 29/01/2021. The Wire Staff. CEA Krishnamurthy Subramanian. Photo: …

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For Many Indian Women, Lack of Toilet Access Poses Health Risks

WebToday, according to the World Bank, just 15% of the population practices open defecation. Having new public toilets “is a step forward,” wrote Sarita Vijay …

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Gender Equity in India’s Medical Education Is Still Out of Reach

WebGender Equity in India’s Medical Education Is Still Out of Reach. Photo: Annie Spratt/Unsplash. A review of five subjects in the undergraduate medical education …

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Rural India Is Struggling With a ‘Missing Doctors Syndrome’

WebAround 68% and 66% of the posts of surgeons and physicians are vacant. There is also a significant shortfall of Surgeons (78%), obstetricians and gynaecologists …

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Doctors Advising Kids, Vulnerable Populations To Leave Delhi-NCR …

WebDelhi engulfed by smog on November 2, 2023. Photo: Shekhar Tiwari/The Wire Humans of Air Pollution: India’s Growing Tribe of Environmental Refugees This is …

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