The goal of World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) is to acknowledge and celebrate the importance of equipping young people with crucial skills that prepare them for employment and entrepreneurship. In 2021 the focus on skill-based learning has been highlighted by every education institute and government alike. With NEP 2020 giving special emphasis on vocational and […]
As a broader theme this year, the United Nations on World Youth Skills Day 2021 pays tribute to the resilience and creativity of youth through the crisis. The last 18 months have been tough for the entire world but the young workforce who were looking ahead towards a better tomorrow were suddenly dealing with lack […]
A webinar was hosted by MeraDoc, a personalised healthcare platform that connects highly experienced health practitioners with people, on “Demystifying Indian Healthcare during COVID & Beyond” in association with IPE Global, Mahajan Imaging, and Heart Care Foundation of India. Dr. Harsh Mahajan, President, NATHEALTH and Founder, Mahajan Imaging anchored the discussion with the panel consisting […]
We also need to initiate community level and random testing in hot spots like tourist destinations where one is seeing an upsurge in uncontrolled movement
Ensuring Kangaroo mother care for low birth weight and preterm babies Tulsi a young mother looks relaxed and comfortable with her baby nestled close to her. She is very thankful to the Labor room staff of District Hospital Dumka in rural Jharkhand where she delivered on May 11, 2017. After the initial anxiety of delivering […]
In order to access Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC), under Ayushman Bharat – Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) are being strengthened. The HWCs are to provide preventive, promotive, rehabilitative and curative care for an expanded range of services encompassing reproductive and child health services, communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, palliative care and elderly care, oral health, […]
The National Education Policy 2020 has been in the news for various reasons. The policy lists out radical changes to the education structure at all levels. A lot of the proposed changes have sparked debates on whether they are beneficial to all, or only for a select group of people. From structure of schooling to […]
Even as the second wave of the pandemic has begun to rescind itself in majority parts of India, the predictions of an even deadlier third wave, with children as the main sufferers, continues to loom large over the population. Vaccinating a billion people with two doses of a vaccine would prove to be a humongous […]
Continuing vaccine hesitancy is prompting authorities to toy with some out-of-the-box solutions, including incentives ranging from free masks and transport to cash rewards for getting the jab. India’s covid-19 vaccination drive has been held back by short supplies, hesitancy and misinformation. In general, it is thought, vaccines have received a cold response from the public even as the pandemic […]
United Nations Capital Development Fund
LoCAL
Started with a focus on promoting climate-change resilient communities and local economies by establishing a standard, LoCAL is a country-based mechanism to channel climate finance to local government authorities in developing countries.
It starts right from birth. Tetanus, diptheria, measles, rubella, BCG, polio…the vaccine list starts within a few days/weeks of being born. So, why is it different for Covid-19? A combination of the magnitude of the virus, apprehension among parents and ambiguity on vaccine efficacy are a few reasons. Experts have already predicted a third wave […]
There have been talks about whether a six feet distance between a Covid-19 positive patient and a healthy person can prevent the transmission. Since the pandemic struck the world, experts have time and again suggested a series of guidelines and released protocols for a speedy recovery and breaking the chain. Maintaining a gap of six […]
