Current Affair Category: Health

Doctors’ strike reveals how apathy to health pushes people into poverty: West Bengal’s healthcare expenditure is 1% of its gross state domestic product, and 68% of healthcare expenses in the State come from the pockets of patients, the second worst figure in India after Uttar Pradesh. The State also spends less than 3% of GDP […]

Why in News?  Poor households globally lose 5% of their total income in an average year from heat stress and 4.4% from floods compared with households that are relatively better off, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said in a report recently, warning about the negative impacts of climate change on the […]

India is best in terms of sustainable feeding habits, as reported in the 2024 Living Planet Report recently published by the World Wide Fund (WWF). Indian food is the least harmful to the climate among the developed countries. The report discovered that if all the nations follow the Indian style of eating, then by 2050 […]

Why in News ?  Victor Ambros, a researcher at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, and Gary Ruvkun, a molecular biologist at the University of Massachusetts Hospital and a professor at Harvard University Medical School, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine after discovering microRNA . The microRNA heavily involves  in cell function. MicroRNA […]

The NITI Aayog has recently proposed the establishment of a comprehensive framework to handle future public health emergencies or pandemics effectively. Lessons Learned from COVID-19: Gaps in Legal Frameworks: Existing laws like the Epidemic Diseases Act (1897)and National Disaster Management Act (2005) were insufficient for handling large-scale health emergencies. These laws lack clarity on definitions of epidemics and […]

The Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) declared more than 50 drugs, including paracetamol, Pan D, and calcium supplements, as ‘not of standard quality’ in its recent monthly report, raising safety concerns regarding their usage. A Not of Standard Quality (NSQ) Alert is an official notification issued by regulatory authorities, such as the Central Drugs Standard Control […]

Why in News ? The government will set up a ‘golden city club’ to give more states a change to rank top among those with the cleanest cities. Indore won the title of India’s cleanest city for the seventh consecutive year in 2023. The government also aims to clean 200,000 difficult and dirty spots during […]

The WTO has recently said that the Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is ranked as one of the biggest global health threats. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), AMR could push 24 million people into extreme poverty in the next decade and shave off trillions of dollars of GDP if we do not take the right measures. […]

Why in News? A study published in the Nature journal by the International Food Policy Research Institute suggests that the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) has led to a significant reduction in infant deaths by improving sanitation. Key Findings of the Report: Infant and Child Mortality: The post-Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) period showed accelerated reductions in […]

The foster care system in India is part of the broader child protection framework, designed to provide temporary care for children who cannot live with their biological families due to various reasons such as abuse, neglect, or abandonment. Although the concept of foster care is still evolving in India, efforts are being made to formalize […]