Healthcare

Meet Dr. Subhadra Jalali, an ophthalmologist at L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, who has played an important role in controlling Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) in India. It is a condition that leads to lifelong blindness or vision impairment among premature babies.

Project Asbah, initiated by Enactus-SRCC, works towards providing clean drinking water to villages. In order to achieve this, Enactus is promoting the use of custom-made clay-based water filters in the villages of Noida.

Moti Meena has done what not many women of her lot would have had the courage to do – she stood up for what she believed in, shunned regressive practices imposed in the name of tradition, and refused to remain imprisoned within the four walls of her home after the demise of her husband.

With increasing pollution levels in Indian cities making exposure to free radicals inevitable, it is important to fortify your body from within. An antioxidant-rich diet can do this and more!

In a small village of Assam, where there is no electricity, there is Kanchan, the hard-as-nails, social health worker working tirelessly to improve the health of the households in the village.

One organisation called Care NX based in Mumbai has been working to help vulnerable mothers who don’t have access to immediate healthcare.

Remembering Dr. Yellapragada Subbarao, an Indian scientist who revolutionised the field of medicine but was forgotten by the history books.

According to WHO’s Global TB report 2015, India has the highest TB burden in the world. For people like Narendra, who develop extremely drug resistant TB, it is vital that new and promising drugs like bedaquiline and delamanid be made easily accessible and affordable.

Raghav, a resident of Indore, was in college when he noticed how big a problem it is for many to arrange blood at the right time. Here's how he decided to solve it.

Inspired by his father to donate blood regularly, this IT professional from Bengaluru did not think twice about donating blood stem cells and his unselfish gesture has helped a child with a rare blood disorder lead a normal life