by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 11, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Features, Health, Policy
The law is designed to make it easier for authorities to provide care to people with untreated mental illness or addictions to alcohol and drugs, many of whom are homeless. Local government said their hands are tied if a person refuses to receive help under existing...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 11, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Technology
The primary objective of NETREACH is to accelerate the national HIV response in India by targeting the first 95 goals set by the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP). It runs with support from India HIV/AIDS Alliance and with guidance from the National AIDS Control...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 11, 2023 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy, Technology
”Mental health is a universal human right. The use of technology in mental health care is a force multiplier. The Tele Manas Seva, launched last year on the occasion of World Mental Health Day, has counselled more than 3,50,000 people till date and currently...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 10, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy
Pinarayi Vijayan,Chief Minister,Kerala It is not merely the absence of mental disorders but a positive state of mental and emotional well-being. This definition aligns with the broader conception of human rights as not only freedoms from harm but freedoms to lead a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 10, 2023 | Features, Health
Down syndrome affects 400,000 people in the United States and more than 6 million globally. When Lianor da Cunha Hillerstrom of Lexington, Massachusetts, learned her now 9-year-old son Oskar had Down syndrome, she was concerned but not panicked. As a child, Lianor...
