NEWS As questions arise over the Ujjwala scheme’s success, it would be prudent to introduce alternative clean sources of energy. CONTEXT Launched in 2016, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is a scheme of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas which …
CONTEXT The rapid spread of COVID-19 has severely tested primary healthcare systems, which perform multiple functions, across the world. Maternal healthcare services, immunisation, health surveillance, and the screening and management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have all been severely disrupted. WHAT …
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 …
CONTEXT Recent reshuffle in the cabinet has given India a new Union Health Minister. The editorial emphasis on what does the new Health Minister need to learn from previous experience, and what unfinished tasks need to be taken forward. TWO …
CONTEXT Experience across the world has shown that the third wave of Covid is evident. Evidence has shown that it took nearly eight weeks in the U.K. 17 weeks in Italy, and 23 weeks in the U.S. to go from …
CONTEXT India is in the middle of the second wave of Covid Pandemic. Covid virus is evolving which is resulting in higher transmissibility and immune escape. This demands re-strategizing of our responses to Covid Pandemic. NEED TO RE-STRATEGIZE OUR STRATEGY …
CONTEXT Mental health issues are a major health challenge in the world today. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there is a 10-25-year life expectancy reduction in patients with severe mental disorders. INDIA’S POLICIES TO TACKLE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES …
CONTEXT Recent article “The origin of COVID: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box at Wuhan?” was published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The work has made a strong case for a fuller investigation into the Origin of …
CONTEXT Recently there has been an alarming rise in India in the incidence of mucormycosis, in patients who have been diagnosed and treated for COVID-19. As a result, some States, including Tamil Nadu, have declared mucormycosis as a notifiable disease …