What is Hunger ? Hunger is an uncomfortable or painful physical sensation caused by insufficient consumption of dietary energy. Acute Hunger: Acute hunger (famine) designates undernourishment over a definable period. Chronic Hunger: Chronic hunger designates a state of long-term undernourishment. …
About the scheme Ayushman Bharat is a flagship scheme of Government of India launched to achieve the vision of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). It aims to undertake path breaking interventions to holistically address the healthcare system at the primary, secondary …
NEWS: There is an urgent need to open Schools as its closures have resulted in loss of nutrition and schooling for the poorest sections of our society. CONTEXT Covid has resulted in educational disruption unparalleled since the mass education system …
About the Scheme The Mid-Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) is considered as the world’s largest school meal programme and reaches an estimated 12 crore children across 12 lakh schools in India. In 1925, a Mid Day Meal Programme was first introduced …
What is Zika virus? Zika is a viral infection, spread by mosquitoes. The vector is the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which also spreads dengue and chikungunya. Additionally, infected people can transmit Zika sexually. First identified in Uganda in 1947 in monkeys, …
NEWS There are many methods rooted in behavioural science that we can employ to improve mask wearing. CONTEXT India in present is facing the Second wave of Covid-19. However, it is a month away from achieving herd immunity through vaccination. …
CONTEXT There is a lack of equity in vaccination for Covid19. Only 2.1% of Africans had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of May 2021. This can be called as “Vaccination Aparthied” where there …
CONTEXT In order to achieve global herd immunity and prevent new strains of COVID-19 from emerging, possibly for years to come, vaccines need to be affordable and available in massive quantities throughout the globe. TO ENSURE VACCINE AFFORDABILITY AND AVAILABILITY …
NEWS An unfettered market approach is not the answer to the health workforce crisis. DEFICIT IN HEALTH SYSTEM India’s health systems have been confronting numerous challenges, but of all, shortage of human resources is a major one. Human resources …