Women in Kerala live 10 years longer than women in Uttar Pradesh
The first comprehensive analysis of the health of India’s 1.34 billion citizens has been published on November 14 in The Lancet. The study estimates the key drivers of ill health,…
Category: Diarrhoea
Serum’s rotavirus vaccine is safe and efficacious
In Phase III trial, Serum Institute’s rotavirus vaccine (ROTASIIL) was found to have nearly 55% efficacy against the very severe form of rotavirus diarrhoea and nearly 39% efficacy in severe…
Preterm babies don’t gain growth by early initiation of complementary food
Babies born preterm (before 37 completed weeks of gestation) have a higher energy requirement than babies born full term and therefore fail to gain weight adequately. Parents of preterm babies…
Can health spending of 2.5% of GDP only by 2025 help achieve the goals set by India’s National Health Policy?
The long awaited National Health Policy announced a few days ago proposes to raise public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP from the current 1.15% to 2.5% by 2025.…
Indian researchers turn to zebrafish to study microvillus inclusion disease
Indian researchers have finally found an ideal animal model to study microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) that may affect children born out of consanguineous marriages and to screen potential drugs to…
Women live four years longer than men in India
People in India live significantly longer now compared with 1990. Life expectancy increased by 6.9 years for men and 10.3 years for women between 1990 and 2013, notes a study…
India turns spotlight on adolescent health
“India has demonstrated very strong leadership in positioning adolescent health as part of continuum of care. India has taken the lead to present to the rest of the States why…
Editorial: Under-5 mortality – The cost of negligence
The failure of successive governments in India, especially those in States that have the highest mortality rates among children younger than five years, to address the critical issue of training…
