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August 24, 2012
4000 Swazi babies born with low IQ each year
Due to Iodine deficiency disorders in women during pregnancy, as many as 4000 Swazi children are born with low IQ. Iodine is an important micronutrient in the attainment of normal human growth. Read more here.
August 21, 2012
India: Punjab provides cashless treatments to cover OPD patients
After implementing a programme that provides cashless health insurance benefits to its poor (ones officially categorized as the BPLs or below poverty line), Punjab will also be scaling this scheme to its OPD (out-patient department). Read more here.
August 21, 2012
PPP announces 40 per cent reduction in rapid TB test
Recently, the US’s PEPFAR (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), UNITAID, USAID and the Gates’ Foundation released an agreement which would notably reduce the cost of a rapid TB test which is highly accurate. Costs will be reduced by 40 per cent. Read more here.
August 21, 2012
Lifesprings Hospitals – a low cost model
Affordable hospitals for the poor in India largely belong to the government, and these do not provide adequate care in maternity cases, and often lead to high rates of maternal and infant mortality. Lifespring hospitals have been helping change the scenario of maternity hospitals since its inception by providing care […]
August 21, 2012
Integrating microfinance and health for development
Microfinance and health may seem two separate topics at first, but together, they form a strong development tool. Most microfinance defaults occur because of illnesses occurring in the borrower family. While availability of money is essential to avail healthcare, it is not sufficient. This is why Freedom from Hunger and […]
August 21, 2012
Tanzania still far from UN health targets
With just another 3 years to go, Tanzania still dismally trails behind on its health targets, according to the country representative for Doctors with Africa Cuamm, Dr Gaetano Azzimoti. He believes that Tanzania faces an uphill battle as its maternal death rates remain high. Read more here.
August 21, 2012
Why does 40 per cent of medical equipment go unused in developing countries?
A new study has found that high-tech medical equipment sent to developing countries is majorly not used because they are unsuitable to the settings they are sent to. Read more here.
August 21, 2012
Maternal health in the ‘mobile age’
The MDG5 – that of reducing maternal mortality by 75 per cent by the year 2015 has been called extremely optimistic as measures have not been showing results yet. This is where community health workers come in. Read more here.
August 21, 2012
Big Pharma devising a ‘tit for tat’ strategy
India’s struggle for low cost generic medicines has been ill received by big pharma companies worldwide. India in the past gave a compulsory license to Natco Pharma to produce Bayer AG’s cancer drug Nexavar. This has put companies on the alert – they have been rallying their respective governments to […]
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Reimagining Sports in CSR: From Tokenism to a Vehicle for Multiplying Impact
In 2023–24, Indian companies spent about ₹1,396 crore of their CSR budgets on sports — just 4% of the total ₹34,909 crore Indian corporates spent on CSR that year. Most of the rest went to edu..
Interactive SHG Map of India: 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups are spread across 27 States and 6 UTs in India
Under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), India has 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) spread across 27 states and 6 Union Territories. Each of these small, self-governed, and peer-co..