Article by Anupama Rajesh, Associate Vice President- Medical Content at FINN Partners
Original article can be found at https://www.finnpartners.com/news-insights/normalize-menstrual-health-period/
When I got my first period at age 11, my mother told me I was a big girl now and that I should...
Sex and gender discrimination is an issue of immense proportions in India. Many of the country’s women and girls experience such discrimination even before birth. In many cases, the discrimination continues all the way to the end of their...
In December 2017, when President Ram Nath Kovind warned of a potential “mental health epidemic” in India, it cast a light on one of India’s major public health concerns – and one of its most neglected. Mental affect significant...
Malnutrition is a complex issue for India. It is an example of how India is a nation of extremes. Many among the population live in poverty and are not able to obtain as much food as they need. This...
The disease burden in India is changing. While communicable diseases remain a significant threat, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are fast becoming the country’s pre-eminent threat to public health and wellbeing. The reasons for this are manifold. These include a genetic...
Eliminating Infectious Diseases From India
India faces the challenge of a range of infectious diseases. While deaths from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are becoming increasingly prevalent, huge numbers of Indians continue to die annually due to infectious disease.
This dual burden of...
Despite significant progress in recent years, India continues to have considerable issues with child mortality. Issues such as low birth weight cause high death rates among newborns. Meanwhile, the country’s under-five mortality rate is the highest in the world.
Northern...
India has undergone an industrial revolution in the last few decades. This has made the country one of the world’s largest economies. It has also had disastrous effects on both public and environmental health.
Highlighting this issue, recent World Health...
Though figures are disputed, anywhere between 300 million and 522 million individuals still practice open defecation in India. This figure is higher than anywhere else in the world. Poor sanitation is a recurring issue linked to many of India’s health...
A global index of 180 countries has placed India 145th in regards to water quality and sanitation. India’s most famous river, the Ganges, is currently in a state of pollution. Low water quality and a supply of groundwater that...