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Ditsa Bhattacharya
83 Deaths Every Day in 2018 Due to Drowning in India: Report
27 Jan 2020
According to the Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India report published by NCRB, in the year 2018, there were 29,696 incidences of drowning, resulting in deaths of 30,187 people.
Sandeep Pandey
NITI Aayog Must Not Try to Privatise Public Health
17 Jan 2020
The NITI Aayog has unveiled a plan to allow private players to take over district government hospitals.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
India One of the Countries with Highest Malaria Burden: WHO Report
07 Dec 2019
Even though India showed a reduction of 51% in reported cases compared to 2017 and of 60% compared to 2016, it still accounted for 58% cases in South-east Asia in 2018.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
PM’s Promise to Eradicate TB by 2025 Far-fetched?
13 Aug 2019
According to the TB India Report 2018, there was a huge difference between the funds requested for Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme and the budget allocation and funds released by the…
WHO Watch Team
Health for All, Except Women? Contestations on Women's Reproductive Rights at WHA72
03 Jul 2019
The document approved by the Security Council by a vote of 13-0, with Russia and China abstaining, had all language relating to “sexual and reproductive health” rights removed.
Chetali Rao, K M Gopakumar
WHO’s Reluctance to Implement WHA Resolution Affects Access to Affordable Biotherapeutics
21 May 2019
The road to uptake of similar biotherapeutic products (SBPs) is paved with many obstacles, including but not limited to technology, intellectual property and regulatory requirements.
WHO Watch Team
Can Public-Private-Partnerships Help Stop Non-communicable Diseases?
23 Mar 2019
As the world increasingly grapples with the issue of non-communicable diseases, the steps taken by the WHO in some of its interventions have been in the wrong direction.
WHO Watch Team
ICD-11, a Milestone in Era of Digital Technology: WHO
20 Mar 2019
The revision was long pending and will feed the country-level mortality and morbidity data requirements to progress towards achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) and universal health…
Ravi Kaushal
Kerala Set to Become First State to Be Free of Tuberculosis
05 Mar 2019
With the successful identification of over 25 lakh individuals through vulnerability mapping, the state is preparing to treat all the individuals suffering from latent TB infection.
WHO Watch Team
World Health Assembly: Several Countries Pledge to Improve Access to Assistive Technologies
22 Jun 2018
The assistive technology or products are imported and are usually sold at very high price in developing countries, making them unaffordable to many.