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Persons with disabilities: The Indian view

December 3, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Today marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDWP), an observance dedicated to celebrating them and raising awareness of their conditions. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated in its World Report on Disability 2021 that fifteen percent of the global population lives with some form of disability. This translates to more than one billion people. […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Featured Story, Medicine and Research, Opinion, Science and Technology, Social issues Tagged With: access to healthcare, disability, mental health

UHC a must for a “better future”, says Vardhan

November 18, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Dr Vardhan assuming charge of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in May 2014. His reappointment marks his second stint in the post. Image credit: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (GODL-India) [GODL-India (https://data.gov.in/sites/default/files/Gazette_Notification_OGDL.pdf)] This file or its source was published by Press Information Bureau on behalf of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India under the ID 54064 and CNR 56840. (direct link). Vardhan out after cabinet reshuffle concept.

Universal health coverage (UHC) is a must for a “better future”, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan has asserted. Vardhan chaired the 147th session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board via videoconferencing. In this capacity, he pointed to the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has underscored the need for […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, International, Medicine and Research, National, News Tagged With: access to healthcare, Harsh Vardhan, universal healthcare, World Health Organization

NCDs and the COVID-19 crisis

June 2, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

NCDs top cause of death concept. chronic disease. Copyright: jes2ufoto / 123RF Stock Photo. NCD rate illustration. Illustration of NCDs as a COVID-19 complications indicator.

Many – if not most – public health challenges have been sidelined in the global discourse by the COVID-19 pandemic. Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), the World Health Organization (WHO) warns, are a case in point.  COVID-19 – the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), commonly referred to simply as the coronavirus – […]

Filed Under: Medicine and Research, Noncommunicable diseases, Science and Technology, Social issues Tagged With: access to healthcare, coronavirus, COVID-19, NCDs, noncommunicable diseases

Healthcare infrastructure to get an update in Karnataka

March 10, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Healthcare infrastructure illustration.

The Karnataka government is seeking to improve healthcare infrastructure in the state, its Minister for Medical Education Dr K. Sudhakar has announced.  The Minister visited the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, the PKTB Sanatorium and the Cheluvamba Hospital for Women and Children over the weekend, conducting infrastructure inspections at the sites. He […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Featured, Medicine and Research, National, News Tagged With: access to healthcare, Karnataka

Cancer: One in ten Indians, one in fifteen lives

February 6, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Stop Cancer Deaths concept. Need to avail cancer care concept. Oral cancer awareness concept. rising cancer cases in northeast India illustration.

Cancer will affect one in ten Indians in their lifetime. One in fifteen Indians will lose their lives to the disease.  These are the concerning findings of the latest edition of the World Cancer Report, published earlier this week by the World Health Organization (WHO). Among the key takeaways of the report is how unevenly […]

Filed Under: Featured, Featured Stories, International, Noncommunicable diseases Tagged With: access to healthcare, cancer, cancer therapy, noncommunicable diseases

Cervical cancer elimination: A 100-year roadmap

February 4, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Close-up Of A Human Hand Showing Teal Ribbon To Support Cervical Awareness Image credit: Andriy Popov / 123rf

Cervical cancer as a threat, in the words of the World Health Organization (WHO), “is one of the greatest today to women’s health.” As a public health priority, cervical cancer elimination is much-needed – and research published last week in The Lancet outlines the contours of the roadmap towards this end over the next 100 […]

Filed Under: Featured Stories, International, Medicine and Research, Noncommunicable diseases, Social issues Tagged With: access to healthcare, access to medicines, cervical cancer, HPV, vaccination, women's health

World Cancer Day 2020: India’s growing crisis

February 4, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

World cancer day 4 february text with violet ribbon symbol. Vector illustration concept for world cancer day. Typography design for poster banner and post on social media. Image credit: Tatiana Vasilyeva / 123rf. Cancer in India concept.

Reports surfaced last week from the Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) in Rohtak, Haryana of a rising number of cancer cases being admitted through its doors. Such news encapsulates much about what we know about the cancer burden in India, one which is rising rapidly. World Cancer Day, 2020 […]

Filed Under: Featured, Medicine and Research, National, News, Noncommunicable diseases, Social issues Tagged With: access to healthcare, cancer, cancer therapy

Union Budget: The main takeaways for health

February 4, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

2021 Union Budget printed on New Indian currency notes. Image credit: Lakshmiprasad Sindhnur / 123rf

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented India’s 2020 Union Budget over the weekend, her second. Whilst it has won praise from Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, some in the healthcare sector have expressed dissatisfaction.  How much did the Union Budget allocate the health sector? Among the main takeaways of the 2020 Union Budget for […]

Filed Under: Featured Story, Government policy, Medicine and Research, National, News, Social issues Tagged With: access to healthcare, access to medicines, AI, budget, government spending on health, Harsh Vardhan, IMA, immunisation, malnutrition, Medical devices, Nirmala Sitharaman, nutrition, shortage of doctors, Swachh Bharat

Union ministries join hands on Ayushman Bharat

January 3, 2020 By Kerean Watts 1 Comment

North Block of the Secretariat Building in New Delhi, the capital of India under blue sky The Secretariat Building or Central Secretariat is where the Cabinet Secretariat is housed, which administers the Government of India. Built in the 1910s, it is home to some of the most important union ministries of the Cabinet of India. Image credit: meinzahn / 123rf

Union ministries have heeded the call from the Union Cabinet to support the Government’s flagship health initiative Ayushman Bharat. More than 200 hospitals under the purview of different Union ministries at the central level have been empanelled under the scheme, according to reports.  In December, the Union Cabinet wrote to the National Health Authority and […]

Filed Under: Featured, Government policy, Medicine and Research, National, News Tagged With: access to healthcare, government hospitals, health ministry, Indian government

NHRC seeks answers on high-cost treatment and Ayushman Bharat

January 3, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

infant deaths. Image credit: Yuriy Klochan / 123rf

The Prime Minister and the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare praised the Government’s flagship health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat in the last days of December. However, concerns have been raised about the scheme by the National Human Rights Council (NHRC) – in particular over complaints that Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries are struggling to access […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Featured, Medicine and Research, National, News Tagged With: access to healthcare, Ayushman Bharat

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