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French Pharmacies Begin Selling HIV/AIDS Home Testing Kits

Self-testing kits for HIV/AIDS went on sale in French pharmacies Tuesday, as part of a government plan to encourage early detection of the virus.The test, which is manufacture...

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Why It's Crucial To Engage Men In Maternal Health

Later this month, the world’s 193 nations will formally endorse an ambitious set of sustainable development goals (SDG) aimed primarily at ending global poverty, symboli...

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A Baby Box Aims To Save Infant And Maternal Lives

Under a new student-led nonprofit aimed at reducing infant and maternal mortality in South Asia, expectant mothers would receive a free box full of newborn essentials like bab...

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Health Gives Nod To Use Of Injectable Contraceptives

The Health Ministry has given in principle nod to the introduction of injectable contraceptives for women in the family planning programme. The costs of doing so are still bei...

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WHO Urges Action Against Antibiotic Resistance.

Cautioning against the indiscriminate use of antibiotics and other drugs which leads to resistance to medicines and treatment failure, the World Health Organization has urged ...

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India Fixes Health Goals For Next 15 Years

India has set itself a challenging target to reduce maternal mortality rate to 70 per 1000 live births, and for neonatal and under-five to 12 and 25 per 1,000 births respectiv...

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Novel Antibody That Efficiently Attacks HIV Virus

The researchers from California Institute of Technology have discovered a new antibody that can make it easier to detect and neutralize HIV virus in an infected patient. Prote...

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Christina Applegate To Be Honored At Wonder Woman Walk.

Award-winning actress and breast cancer advocate Christina Applegate and distinguished oncologist and women’s health advocate Dr. Philomena McAndrew will be honored for ...

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What Will Kill Us? Not Child Health And Maternal Nutrition

Poor dietary habits and high blood pressure have replaced child and maternal malnutrition, unsafe water, sanitation and lack of hand washing as leading risks for death globall...

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Breaking The Cycle Of Malnutrition: Healthy Mothers Produce Healthy Babies

Every baby in the womb eats what its mother does, or more accurately derives its essential nutrients from her. Thus, even mild maternal malnutrition can impair fetal developme...

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POLITICS: A NATION AT CROSSROADS AND APATHY

India stands at a crossroads, grappling with economic disparity, political polarization,...

November 24 2024

GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: BRIDGING THE SACRED AND THE ARTISTIC

A spiritual and artistic celebration that brings the divine essence of Varanasi’s ...

November 22 2024