The thematic areas for discussion include climate-smart food systems, post-harvest losses, and food safety standards, which will contribute towards tackling malnutrition, promoting healthy diets, and improving food systems across the region.
Under the backdrop of geo-political tensions, global recession, and pandemic-driven gradual but uncertain opening makes, the 27th edition of COP delivers on its long-due commitments from the developed nations.
Using an outcome-based payment model called ‘Social Success Not‘, Caspian Debt and SAMRIDH Healthcare Blended Finance Facility have joined hands to offer loans to impact-led healthcare enterprises. Over USD 4 million will be mobilised towards scaling up 15+ high impact health solutions.
One of the most promising approaches to averting teenage pregnancies is investment in girls’ progression from primary to secondary school. In India, decisions about schooling, marriage and childbearing are made jointly and often poorly in the case of girls belonging to marginalised families. Marrying a daughter—‘paraya dhan’—is a generally considered household strategy to cope with […]
Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate the first phase of the ₹856-crore Mahakaleshwar Temple corridor development project here, around 200 km from Bhopal, on October 11.
Public participation, or ‘jan bhagidari’ through digital communication has become a crucial part of the social and behaviour change (SBC) strategy to fight malnutrition in a diverse India. Read More
Following the success of a pilot project to reduce neonatal mortality with a special equipment ‘SAANS’, the Assam government has decided to use the air pressure machine developed by a Bangalore-based start-up across its hospitals, officials said on Thursday. ‘SAANS’ is a portable neonatal Continuous Positive Air Pressure (CPAP) system that can provide lifesaving breathing […]
From eradicating diseases to pioneering healthcare initiatives, the country has witnessed big advancements in healthcare. Known today as pharmacy of the world, India has earned a global respect in the sector by becoming the largest producer of generic medicines and vaccine supplier by volume and having launched Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY, the world’s largest public health scheme that aims to cover […]
India recently achieved the landmark of administering 200 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses. It appears to have effectively adopted a public private partnership (PPP) model in reaching out to the remotest parts of the country...
Economic growth is a prerequisite though not the only factor for increasing productive employment. It is the combined result of an increase in employment and increases in labour productivity and, in the run-up to becoming a 5 trillion economy, India must strive to create an enabling environment for efficient and employment-rich economic growth. Read More
The state cabinet minister for women and child development Mamta Bhupesh on Wednesday said that the Indira Gandhi Maternity Nutrition Scheme will now be implemented across the state...
India has reported a 25 per cent rise in fresh Covid-19 cases and a 53 per cent rise in coronavirus related deaths in last one week, showed the epidemiological update on COVID-19 issued by the World Health Organization (WHO). The apex global public health agency noted that in the South East Asia region, the highest […]
