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The Health of India – Uttar Pradesh Summit saw the speakers dwell on reasons why the state and the country has been able to get some control on the pandemic so far. The speakers also stressed on the need for inter-sectoral collaboration to overcome public health challenges. By Health Analytics Asia The fifth edition of the Health of India virtual E-Summit – Health of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, was held on 22 October 2021, that featured Jai Pratap Singh, Minister of Medical Health, Family and Child Welfare Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh as the keynote speaker, along with a host of ...
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The fourth edition of the Health of India virtual E-Summit, series featuring Andhra Pradesh and Telangana held on September 24, 2021, saw the panel speakers make a strong pitch for universal healthcare as a fundamental right, and leveraging technology for better healthcare management in the country. By Pushpita Dey Making a candid remark that politicians perceive health as opening more hospitals, Dr. PV Ramesh , Public policy expert and former principal secretary, Ministry of Health, Government of Andhra Pradesh remarked that it is time that the political class came together to redefine univer...
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May 28th will mark Menstrual Hygiene Day, our second year into the pandemic By Payal Saxena As I was scrolling down the messages on a family WhatsApp group, I saw that my cousin, a well-educated woman in her 30s had emphatically shared a post claiming that women should not take the COVID-19 vaccine within five days of their periods, owing to low immunity during this time. I laughed it off, only to see the same message being shared all over Facebook and Instagram, and to my surprise, by educated women! What I had laughed off as just another WhatsApp forward gradually started to make me frustrat...
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Five personal stories of the COVID-19 crisis in Delhi A second wave of COVID-19 infections has taken India by storm, with a four-fold increase in daily new cases and deaths from the first wave. As the country came to a grinding halt, the national capital, Delhi, has been among the worst hit. Hospitals, testing laboratories, crematoriums and local governments reeled under the explosion in cases and fatalities. Behind these numbers are people, their children and families who were affected by the virus. This week, we bring you personal stories from our staff – fact-checkers, journalists and resea...
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Amidst a rise in cases and the emergence of new variants of coronavirus, we sit down with Dr Maulik Patel, Physician and Consultant at Mediaid Healthcare LLP to answer the most frequently asked questions on the COVID-19 vaccine. Anuja Venkatachalam India reported 216,850 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday – the highest-ever daily case rate since the outbreak in Wuhan last year. Despite being a forerunner in vaccine development – with not one but two locally produced vaccines, and vaccine distribution reaching Phase 2; the sudden spike in cases has led to questions being raised about vaccine eff...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted a major setback in India’s battle against TB. This World TB day, Health Analytics Asia looks into the country’s struggles, recovery, and ambitious elimination goals. By Tariq Hashmat Over 182 years since Robert Kosch announced his discovery of the TB causing bacteria, millions are still dying of the disease. Even as COVID-19 overtook TB as the most fatal infectious disease in 2020, deaths due to TB remained higher among the low and middle income countries. And as COVID vaccines bring down mortality of that disease, TB continues to rage on, killing roughly 40...
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Dr. Bishal Dhakal, Founder and CEO of Health at Home, a pioneering home healthcare service in Nepal, sheds light on the challenges and opportunities in this emerging sector for Southeast Asian countries. By Jisha Krishnan According to the World Health Organization, Nepal is one of the world’s poorest countries with 45% of the population living below the poverty line. Apart from socio-economic factors and the mountainous terrain, susceptibility to natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, and landslides as well as armed insurgencies, make the delivery of healthcare particularly complex in ...
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Misinformation and rumours are three times more likely to be spread on social media as compared to accurate information. We need to adopt evidence-informed measures from a transdisciplinary perspective to win the battle against this parallel pandemic. By Dr. Apurva Kumar Pandya The World Health Organization (WHO) defines an infodemic as an “overabundance of information – some accurate and some not – that occurs during an epidemic makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it.” The overflow of information about the COVID-19 pandemic on a daily basi...
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Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, a pioneer of the biotechnology industry in India and the head of the country’s leading biotechnology enterprise, Biocon is an internationally acclaimed biotech magnate. In an exclusive interview with Deepika Khurana, Mazumdar-Shaw, Executive Chairperson of Biocon shares her views on India’s preparedness for COVID-19, the future of healthcare, the potential threat of the next pandemic, and global concern about medical misinformation. By Deepika KhuranaA first-generation entrepreneur, Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has made India proud with her globally recognised biopharmaceut...
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