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It is now possible to prevent cervical cancer in women by vaccination
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in India, with approximately 1.32 lakh new cases of cervical cancer being diagnosed and about 74,000 deaths o...
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Conflict Keeps Mothers From Healthcare Services
Twenty-five-year-old Khemwanti Pradhan is a ‘Mitanin’ – a trained and accredited community health worker – based in the Nagarbeda village of the Bastar...
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Experimental vaccine shows promise against dengue fever
An experimental vaccine against dengue fever being developed by Sanofi proved about 60 per cent effective in its second large clinical trial. The results could clear the way f...
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Taking healthcare to India’s remote tribes
The right to good healthcare must be addressed using modern technology, innovative approaches and by involving tribals in developing solutions for their problems in his addres...
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HIV on rise as gay men abandon condoms
Doctors are concerned that gay men with HIV are abandoning safe sex practices, and may unwittingly be spreading previously rare sexually transmitted infections such as syphili...
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Vandrevala Foundation to improve mental health in India, world’s suicide capital
Following the report published by the World Health Organisation (WHO), revealing that India is the suicide leader of the world, the Vandrevala Foundation, whose charitable act...
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Why the Health of Mothers and Newborns Is Inseparable
I visited Maryam when her baby was 2 weeks old. I had been meaning to go sooner, but the steep, icy roads up to her ‘house’ in Kabul prohibited an earlier visit. I...
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Going and Listening to India
Melinda and I will visit India later this month. I’ve been there many times over the years, but I’m especially excited about this trip. For one thing, India has re...
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MIT hackathon takes on true healthcare design challenge: The breast pump
This MIT Media Lab team will be leading a hackathon to modernize the breast pump. Most of the time, I think men can’t handle the reality of women’s health. It&rsqu...
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New drug target could prevent major global cause of maternal death
Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) occurs when the uterus fails to contract vigorously after childbirth and the mother loses 500mls or more of blood in the 24 hours after delivery. ...
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