Today we observed International Stuttering Awareness Day, an occasion for the betterment of those who stutter. “Stuttering is a speech disorder characterised by repetition of sounds, syllables, or words; prolongation of sounds; and interruptions in speech known as blocks,” explains the U.S. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). “An individual who stutters …
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced earlier this week that the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme is the 2020 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts in tackling hunger worldwide. In Oslo, Norwegian Nobel Committee chairperson Berit Reiss-Andersen announced the decision. She espoused the principle that “food is one of our most basic …
India is making progress against the COVID-19 pandemic. Active cases continue to fall since the peaks in newly arising cases in mid-September. However, complacency could mean disaster. It must be stressed: the pandemic is far from over. According to Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data updated on Friday India saw a single-day …
The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has raised concerns surrounding the ‘Cat-Que virus’ (CQV), noting the potential that the virus could spread from China, causing a disease outbreak in India. The disease is present in pigs and is primarily spread by Culex (Cx.) mosquitoes. However “data showed that Indian mosquitoes (Ae. aegypti, Cx. quinquefasciatus …
For a considerable length of time, medical tourism has been a fast-growing sector in India. In fact, in 2017, the sector in India was identified as one of the world’s fastest-growing. By 2020, a government official projected it to be worth US$9 billion by this year. Earlier that year, investment company ICRA predicted the industry …
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has said the COVID-19 pandemic could well end in 2022 – on the proviso that “we do a brilliant job.” In an interview with Surojit Gupta of Times News Network, Gates said “if we do a brilliant job, we end the pandemic in 2022. If we are lucky to have a …
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COVID-19 daily cases have continued to reach record highs in India. On September 9th, a record 95,529 cases were recorded, marking a new high point for cases in the country. The record follows reports of a marginal dip in new cases over the preceding days. This reduction was short-lived, lasting only two days before new …
The long-awaited fifteenth episode of PandemiCast is finally here – but it is in two parts. This episode, you will know from the trailer, is an insight into the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. In this special edition, you will hear from leading members of the Baird’s CMC network and its connections from across Africa. They …
India surpassed three million cases of COVID-19 over the weekend. However, even as the disease continues to surge across the nation, hope may be on the horizon as recovery figures now exceed those of new cases of the disease. Coverage of the pandemic in India now appears split between two sides of the same story. …
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The fifteenth edition of PandemiCast – the video podcast co-produced by Baird’s CMC, Hyderus Teoranta, and Health Issues India, takes a much different format than our regular programme. In this special episode, we explore the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. Friends of Baird’s CMC, spanning the breadth of its extensive African network, lend their inputs in …
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