Normalize Menstrual Health. Period
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 be careful around my father and other male relatives. She said that the blood was “dirty” and I was dirty...
Sex And Gender Discrimination
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 lives. Sex and gender discrimination can impair and limit educational attainment, employment potential and opportunities, financial wellbeing, health and wellbeing,...
Mental Health
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 numbers of Indians. However, mental health issues are often stigmatised in India, leading to many not seeking help. “Our National Mental...
Malnutrition
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 is contrasted by the ever expanding number of people within the country suffering from obesity. Worth noting is that those suffering...
NON communicable Diseases
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 predisposition towards conditions such as diabetes and the increasing adoption of unhealthy diets and sedentary lifestyles placing Indians at elevated...
Infectious Disease
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 disease has the potential to put a substantial amount of stress on an already underfunded and under resourced health system....
High Infant Mortality
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 areas of India, especially those with high ethnic minority populations, seem to have a persistent problem with high neonatal and...
Environmental Health
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 Organization (WHO) data showed that of the fifteen most highly polluted cities in the world, fourteen are in India. In fact,...
Poor Sanitation
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 issues. Globally, out of the 2.5 billion of people who do not have access to sanitation facilities, about 1 billion people...
Inadequate Safe Drinking Water
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 is rapidly depleting is threatening to plunge India into a situation where famine and water-borne disease are commonplace. India’s Population Is...