‘Two-thirds of all cancers can be treated’

April 2, 2021

As the second leading cause of global mortality, cancer is often equated with death. This World Cancer Day, Dr. Hari Menon urges us to look at this much...

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‘80% of hospital care can be provided at home’

March 12, 2021

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Dr. Bishal Dhakal, Founder and CEO of Health at Home, a pioneering home healthcare service in Nepal, sheds light on the challenges and opportunities in this...

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‘Life will not be back to normal’

February 26, 2021

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Malaysia has begun COVID vaccinations while remaining, controversially, in a state of emergency. The country’s battle against the infection has been one of...

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“The worst may be over but we are certainly not out of the woods”

January 15, 2021

As the pandemic moves on to the stage of mass vaccinations, “Trust is,” asserts Dr. Shahid Jameel, “important for people to be mindful of what a vaccine can...

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COVID-19 to unlock India’s potential as a global supplier of essential drugs and vaccines

November 13, 2020

In India, funding agencies should focus on building an ecosystem for collaborative and interdisciplinary research, Dr Vasan Sambandamurthy, CEO, DBT/Wellcome...

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‘Mental health is at the heart of how people function’

September 10, 2020

World Mental Health Day is observed on October 10 every year. Anna Chandy, mental health expert and author of ‘Battles in the Mind: Conquering and Winning Over...

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‘This virus anywhere, is this virus everywhere’

May 18, 2020

There’s a high possibility of more than one vaccine for COVID-19. Yet, the best-case scenario is vaccine deployment by 2021, says Dr. Katherine O’Brien...

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‘Big data analytics will be the backbone for combating pandemics’

May 8, 2020

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The COVID-19 outbreak has exposed the shortcomings of healthcare systems across the world. Strengthening of public health as well as data analytics, along with...

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Why India has to crush the COVID-19 curve?

April 14, 2020

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As coronavirus fatalities in India point finger at the burden of existing non-communicable diseases, a leading endocrinologist Prof. Mohd Ashraf Ganie lays...

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The big fight against Malaria

April 3, 2020

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Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Dr. Sarthak Das, CEO of APLMA is optimistic about achieving zero malaria across the Asia Pacific by 2030. Malaria is one of the...