by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 16, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya India’s experience has reinforced the fact that capacity building of healthcare workers at various levels of governance, coupled with harnessing digital technology, is the way forward. With more than 1.3 million (13 lakh)...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 16, 2023 | Facts, Health
Funded by the American Cancer Society, the first-ever, randomized, controlled trial of community gardening found that those who started gardening ate more fiber and got more physical activity–two known ways to reduce the risk of cancer and chronic diseases. They...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 16, 2023 | Health, Indian News
The ‘Swasthya-Doot’ project, a community based volunteer programme, was taken up after Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Great Nicobar, Nitin Shakya, was woken up by a phone call in the early hours in October last year. The Nicobar district administration...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 16, 2023 | Facts, Health, Pandemic
In very rare cases though, vaccines can be linked to serious injuries and even death. Vaccine injuries (also often called adverse events) are a difficult area in which to carry out research or advocacy, partly because anti-vaccine communities persistently muddy the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 16, 2023 | Facts, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy
Globally, only 40% agreed with the statement “my family and I will be better off in five years” compared to 50% a year before, with advanced economies most downbeat: the United States (36%), Britain (23%), Germany (15%) and Japan (9%). Barely two in five...