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Health for the 3.9 billion

June 12, 2020

As the world observes International Men’s Health Week 2020, here’s looking at the healthcare challenges that plague 3.9 billion of the world’s population...

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Modelling for COVID-19: What you need to know

June 6, 2020

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What should one look for when reading projection numbers for COVID-19? An insight into the broad framework for modelling infectious diseases, and what makes a...

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Tracking COVID-19: 5 graphs that explain the outbreak in India

June 5, 2020

In India, the growth of coronavirus infections is outpacing the surge in testing – tests have doubled since April, but cases have leaped fourfold. Here are...

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Viral Outbreaks: Past encounters

May 29, 2020

The world has endured multiple viral outbreaks that have cost more human lives than the third iteration of the coronavirus. While COVID-19 is unprecedented, it...

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Tobacco Toll: Death by numbers

May 29, 2020

May 31st is observed as World No Tobacco Day. Here’s looking at the mortality rates and health risks due to the tobacco epidemic in the South-East Asian...

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Mapping COVID-19 hotspots in India

May 1, 2020

Indian Ministry of Health & Family Welfare classifies 170 out of 720 districts as coronavirus hotspots. Stepping up the fight against COVID-19, India’s...

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Delhi’s COVID-19 battle: Tackling India’s highest infection rate

May 1, 2020

The national capital, which confronted the novel coronavirus 30 days after the first case was reported in India, currently accounts for the highest infection...

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Decoding the shortage of doctors in India

April 24, 2020

Only eleven among India’s 28 states meet the WHO recommendation of 1:1000 doctor to population ratio, while none in the public healthcare sector manage to make...

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Lessons India can learn from Wuhan’s experience of ventilators

April 24, 2020

Based on the data released by China, ventilators played a crucial role in saving lives of critically-ill COVID-19 patients. Now, as the number of cases surge...

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COVID-19: Find the testing centre near you

April 20, 2020

India has ramped up its measures to contain the COVID-19 outbreak by continuously expanding the network of testing facilities across the country. Here are the...