Arbitrary and irrational
Context: The proposal by the government to introduce a Muslim Woman Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill in the winter session of Parliament — wherein a husband who resorts to instant triple…
Why the vaccine against cervical cancer is not such a simple shot
Context: A National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) has proposed that a vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer, be introduced in India’s Universal Immunisation Programme…
New education methods will transform the way students learn
Education is set for massive transformation as technology is ushering in a new era in the field of learning, said T.V. Mohandas Pai, Chairman Aarin Capital. In the new scheme of…
Universal health coverage is the best prescription
Context: Three recent incidents involving the health-care sector in Delhi have sparked widespread outrage over the alleged mercenary motives and callous conduct of high-profile corporate hospitals. Two cases involved children…
Combating Child Sex Abuse
In a first, the World Health Organisation has formulated clinical guidelines on responding to children and adolescents who have been sexually abused. The guidelines put forward recommendations for the frontline…
The Moscow Declaration to End TB
Declaration Over 120 national delegations participating in the Conference adopted the “Moscow Declaration to End TB". Aim: The aim of the First WHO Global Ministerial Conference on Ending TB in…
Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016
Context: The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has decided to junk the recommendations of a parliamentary committee report which was the first ever government document to recognise the…
Non-Communicable Diseases Rise in India: Report
Context: As incomes rose over the last 26 years, India’s burden of disease shifted: More deaths in India (61.8%) in 2016 were due to non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases…
One in 10 medicines fake; diseases becoming untreatable: WHO
An estimated one in 10 medical products circulating in low- and middle-income countries like India is either "substandard or falsified", says a new research report from the World Health Organisation…
India unlikely to cut malaria burden by half in 2020: WHO
Context: India accounted for 6% of global malaria cases and 7% of deaths caused by it in 2016, according to a report released on Wednesday by the World Health Organisation…
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