Context The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on April 25, 2019 launched the ‘Malaria Elimination Research Alliance (MERA) India’, a gathering of partners working togethe... Read more

Why in news? In an indigenous genetic mapping effort, nearly 1,000 rural youth from the length and breadth of India will have their genomes sequenced by the Council of Scientific and Industr... Read more

Why in news? In India, 65% of health expenditure is out-of-pocket, and such expenditures push some 57 million people into poverty each year. India has a shortage of an estimated 600,000 doct... Read more

Why in news? A study in JAMA Network Open throws the spotlight on the rapid growth of caesarean section births in India. The proportion of births delivered by cesarean delivery has increased... Read more

संदर्भ भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान (आईआईटी) दिल्ली के शोधकर्ताओं ने कृत्रिम बुद्धिमता (एआई) आधारित किफायती और कम ऊर्जा खपत करने वाला डिवाइस बनाया है जो मलेरिया, टीबी और सर्वाइल कैंसर का मिली... Read more

Why in news? In a matter of three weeks, the number of influenza A (H1N1) cases and deaths in India has risen sharply by about 6,200 and over 225, respectively. From 14,803 cases and 448 dea... Read more

चर्चा में क्यो राष्ट्रीय परिवार स्वास्थ्य सर्वेक्षण (National Family Health Survey) के ताजा सर्वेक्षण के अनुसार देश में कुपोषण के वजह से कमजोर बच्चों का अनुपात वित्त वर्ष 2017-18 में करीब दो... Read more