healthcare

"Skipping breakfast has become a common occurrence these days. But, this causes a serious gap in nutrition, especially for children. Our research revealed that there is over 40% shortfall in total nutritional value of an average school kid today. But, we hope to be the bridge in a matter of few more years!"

Carrying the patient, their attendant, the ASHA Worker and the Sangi (Companion) Express driver, this motorbike ambulance traverses to remote villages in the district that cannot be accessed by conventional ambulances.

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has directed that every health cover policy purchased after April 1, 2019, will have to follow these guidelines.

Before 2013, only one in ten women received their complete antenatal care (ANC). But by the end of 2018, all pregnant women in this small hill town complete all six ANCs even if they choose not to deliver their baby at the centre.

Today he is ‘Solomon Appa’ to 45 HIV+ kids. Yes, 45. All through the Shelter Trust, a registered non-profit and a safe haven for kids once abandoned and left to fend on their own.

Solar-powered health centres, terrific human development indicators (HDI) and the cleanest air in India — other districts would do well to borrow a leaf from Pathanamthitta's book! #Governance #HealthFirst

If countries like China, Singapore and Thailand can offer the right to basic healthcare services, why can't India? #RightToHealthcare

From solar-powered freezers for farmers to zero-electricity water purifiers, these inventions have the potential to dramatically impact the way people live in villages. #Innovation #RuralIndia #ImpactThatMatters

“A four-month-old baby was sick with fever. The family was unable to reach the hospital—their home was on an isolated island surrounded by vast paddy fields that were under waist-deep water. The house was almost ‘floating’.”

The portable Operation Theatre, ideal for disaster prone and remote areas, can be packed into a backpack and carried by 2-3 people.