Data: Global deaths due to TB increase by around 7% while diagnosis of new cases reduces on account of the pandemic
Disruption to diagnostic & treatment services across the globe meant that the number of deaths…
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Review: 166 million adolescents aged 10–19 live with a diagnosed mental disorder as per a recent UNICEF report
UNICEF’s State of World’s Children (SOWC) for 2021 is focused on Mental Health of children.…
Review: What does NITI Aayog’s report on the performance of District Hospitals say?
NITI Aayog, recently released a performance assessment report of district hospitals in India in collaboration…
Data: About a third of Cancer cases in India & half of the cases among Men attributed to Tobacco usage
Recently, the National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research (NCDIR) and the Indian Council of…
Review: UNICEF report calls for greater government accountability regarding Children’s Diets to prevent malnutrition
UNICEF’s 2021 report titled ‘Fed to Fail? The crisis of Children’s diet in early life’…
As most countries implement Tobacco control measures, the WHO report calls for addressing ‘New and Emerging Products’
One of the targets under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to strengthen the implementation…
Data: Higher number of cases, significantly fewer deaths is the story of the current wave of COVID-19 across US & Europe
US, UK, and some of the European countries are some of the worst affected by…
Data: India’s Hypertension diagnosis rates improve but still among the lowest in the World
The WHO funded first comprehensive global analysis of trends in hypertension prevalence, detection, treatment, and…
Government releases a draft policy for ‘Rare Diseases’ and launches a ‘Crowdfunding Platform’ for treatment costs
The Union Government recently released the ‘Draft National Policy for Rare Diseases, 2021’. There is…
Data: More than 1.32 crore beneficiaries registered directly for the second dose of vaccine on Co-WIN
As per data shared by the MoHFW in response to a RTI application, more than…
