Review: What does the new Draft National Policy for Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), 2021 contain?
The government recently released a new draft policy for Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), 2021. While…
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Review: Average score of States on the ‘State Food Safety Index’ has reduced in the last four years
The State Food Safety Index (SFSI) which assesses the performance of states in the aspect…
Data: Large Variation between states in the share of ‘Medically Certified Deaths’ due to various causes
Recently, the Annual Report on the Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD), 2020 was…
Review: 3.5 billion people across the globe might need at least one assistive product by 2050
In May 2022, the first Global Report on Assistive Technology was released by the WHO…
Data: What is the status of Water-borne diseases in India?
Water-borne diseases in India cause a huge disease burden while also resulting in significant loss…
Data: Significant increase in budget allocation & expenditure of the Ministry of AYUSH in the last few years
The debate around the Indian traditional systems of medicine AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha…
Data: Share of Central Health expenditure under NHM reduces as the government launches new health schemes
The National Health Mission (NHM) has been the flagship health initiative of the government for…
Data: Surveys indicate higher prevalence of Overweight/Obesity among Female Adults compared to the Male Adults
The National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau surveys and the National Family Health Surveys indicate that the…
Data: Rapid Spread, Increased Cases, and Lower deaths seems to be the story of the Omicron Wave around the World
Like in the case of India, the Omicron variant is driving the current wave of…
India Data: Here is what third-wave numbers look like so far
In the last 3-4 weeks, the number of new daily cases of COVID-19 increased by…
