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Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation Bill, explained

February 20, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Cap.: A demonstration of IVF, a form of assisted reproductive technology. Concept of ART.

The Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation Bill, 2020 – one the Government has billed as “historic” – has won the approval of the Union Cabinet in a significant overture towards regulation of the assisted reproductive technology sector.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the Cabinet meeting where the Bill secured the approval of ministers. The legislation outlines […]

Filed Under: Featured, Government policy, Medicine and Research, National, News, Science and Technology, Social issues Tagged With: commercial surrogacy, fertility, government policy, Harsh Vardhan, Indian government, infertility, IVF, Narendra Modi, Pregnancy, regulation, women's health, women's rights

Stalking: A hidden crisis of sexual harassment?

February 18, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

hooded criminal stalking in the shadows of a dark street alley. Stalking concept. Image credit: Rommel Canlas / 123rf

“I saw a woman burning in the street,” Vijay Kukade told BBC Marathi. He was recalling a gruesome incident, in which a woman on her way to the college where she lectured was attacked and set alight by a man whom her family said had been stalking her for some time. Tragically, the woman lost […]

Filed Under: Featured Stories, National, News, Social issues Tagged With: law, sexual harassment, stalking, women's health, women's rights

Female genital mutilation: A menace the world must overcome

February 6, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Vector - International Day of the Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation vector. Razor blade with blood vector. Vector Illustration Keywords: Vector Illustration Keywords: Important day Image credit: Beata Jana Fila?ová / 123rf

Female genital mutilation is a global menace. “Recognised internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women” and “[reflecting] deep-rooted inequality between the sexes” in the words of the World Health Organization (WHO), it is a practice that demands zero tolerance and maximum accountability – including in India, where it often takes […]

Filed Under: Featured Stories, International, National, News, Social issues Tagged With: female genital mutilation, Gender equality, women's health, women's rights

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

Abortion law reform on the cards?

January 30, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

45352241 - court legal concept of abortion law, Copyright: kagenmi / 123RF Stock Photo. Several cases are provoking debate around India's abortion law - and whether it's time for change. Concept of Indian abortion law illustrated.

The Union Cabinet has approved extending the timeframe in which a woman can avail an abortion to 24 weeks, in what has been described as a “progressive reform”, compared to the current upper limit of twenty weeks at present. This move marks a significant step towards abortion reform law.  The approval of the Medical Termination […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Featured Stories, Government policy, Medicine and Research, National, News, Social issues Tagged With: abortion, law, women's health, women's rights

Breast cancer cases on the rise

December 18, 2019 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

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Multiple Indian states are witnessing an increase in their number of breast cancer cases according to recent data, suggesting an uptick in rates of one of the major public health threats to Indian women.  As previously reported by Health Issues India, “breast cancer… is the most common type of cancer among Indian women and, together […]

Filed Under: Featured, Medicine and Research, Noncommunicable diseases, Social issues Tagged With: Bihar, Breast cancer, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, women's health

Abortions: 61 lakh in five years, but issues remain

December 11, 2019 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

45352241 - court legal concept of abortion law, Copyright: kagenmi / 123RF Stock Photo. Several cases are provoking debate around India's abortion law - and whether it's time for change. Concept of Indian abortion law illustrated.

India recorded 61 lakh abortions in the five years since the 2014-15 period, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Choubey informed lawmakers last week.  Giving a written reply to a question posed in the Lok Sabha, Choubey said that the Government was taking steps to ensure access to safe abortions in the […]

Filed Under: Featured Stories, Medicine and Research, National, News, Social issues Tagged With: abortion, women's health, women's rights

Sex determination labs in the crosshairs of the Telangana High Court

December 11, 2019 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Sex ratio at birth. Sex determination ban in India to prevent imbalanced sex ratio. By Melanurya (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The Telangana High Court has wrote to state government officials about the proliferation of sex determination labs despite the practice of prenatal sex determination being illegal in India.  The two-justice bench, consisting of Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice A. Abhishek Reddy, was responding to a public interest litigation filed before the High Court. […]

Filed Under: Featured, Government policy, National, News, Social issues Tagged With: abortion, sex ratio, sex selection, Telangana, women's health, women's rights

The challenge of getting family planning “right”: Professor Amy O. Tsui on sexual and reproductive health in India

November 26, 2019 By Kerean Watts 1 Comment

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  With India facing a plethora of issues related to sexual and reproductive health, ranging from sex-selective abortion to rising rates of infertility, Health Issues India interviewed Professor Amy O. Tsui, PhD of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, to discuss India’s family planning, female sterilisation, infertility, female foeticide, and other issues in the […]

Filed Under: Featured Stories, Interviews, Medicine and Research, Social issues Tagged With: abortion, contraception, exclusive interview, Exclusive Interviews, infertility, sex ratio, sex selection, women's health, women's rights

Suicide risk does not increase after an abortion: Research

November 23, 2019 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

45352241 - court legal concept of abortion law, Copyright: kagenmi / 123RF Stock Photo. Several cases are provoking debate around India's abortion law - and whether it's time for change. Concept of Indian abortion law illustrated.

The notion that undergoing an abortion increases a woman’s suicide risk is not supported by evidence, according to recent research.  A study published in The Lancet examined data of 523,380 Danish women between the ages of eighteen and 36, finding that whilst women who undergo an abortion have a higher risk of first-time non-fatal suicide […]

Filed Under: Medicine and Research, Noncommunicable diseases, Social issues Tagged With: abortion, mental health, suicide, women's health, women's rights

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