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I got help for postnatal depression that saved me. Most women in India do not | Priyali Sur
With up to one in five new mothers suffering depression or psychosis, experts say the need for help is ‘overwh…
- Afghanistan, Children, Global development, Global health, Health, Polio, South and Central Asia, Vaccines and immunisation, World news
Afghanistan to restart polio vaccination programme with Taliban support
The WHO and Unicef campaign will restart after three years, and the hardliners say they will assist and allow …
- Afghanistan, Africa, Arms trade, Conflict and arms, Doctors, Global development, Global health, Health, Hospitals, Human rights, Iraq, Middle East and North Africa, Rwanda, Society, South and Central Asia, Sudan, World news
‘Maestro of humanity’: Italian surgeon Gino Strada dies at 73
Tributes paid to doctor whose NGO set up world-class hospitals in war zones such as Iraq, Yemen and SudanTribu…
- Animals, Conservation, Environment, Global development, Global health, Health, India, Mobile phones, Snakes, South and Central Asia, Technology, Wildlife, World news
‘Like Uber for snake emergencies’: tech takes the sting out of bites in rural India
Venomous snakebites cause tens of thousands of deaths each year. But homegrown apps are coming to the rescue –…
- Coronavirus, Fungi, Global health, Health, India, Infectious diseases, Medical research, Microbiology, Science, South and Central Asia, UK news, US news, World news
Covid ‘perfect storm’ as more patients hit by fungal infections
Weakened lungs and immune systems make people increasingly vulnerable, warn scientistsCoronavirus – latest upd…
- Coronavirus, Global development, Global health, Health, India, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
High in the Himalayas, villagers hit by Covid are left to fend for themselves
In India’s remote peaks, the pandemic’s toll is worsened by lack of medical facilities, roads and informationP…
- Global development, Global health, Health, Hospitals, India, Kashmir, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Blood brother: the Kashmiri man who is India’s biggest donor
The ‘blood man’ of conflict-racked Kashmir has donated 174 pints of blood since 1980 but feels ‘crushed’ by hi…
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Spat at, abused, attacked: healthcare staff face rising violence during Covid
Data shows increased danger for those on the frontline in the pandemic, with misinformation, scarce vaccines a…
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Afghanistan’s doctors braced for rapid spread of India Covid variant
The country has no testing capacity for the B.1.617.2 strain and medics are concerned about resilience of heal…
- AstraZeneca, Business, Coronavirus, Global development, Global health, India, Pharmaceuticals industry, Vaccines and immunisation, World news
Revealed: big shortfall in Covax Covid vaccine-sharing scheme
Only a fifth of doses expected by May delivered as export bans, hoarding and supply shortages biteCoronavirus …
- Afghanistan, Global development, Global health, Health, Polio, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Vaccines and immunisation, Women, World news
Killing of female polio vaccinators puts Afghan eradication campaign at risk
Rise in cases feared as murders halt campaigns and leave many women too afraid to workGul Meena Hotak was on h…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Global health, Health, Islamic State, Pakistan, Polio, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Vaccines and immunisation, World news
Taliban denies killing three female Afghan polio workers
Murders of two volunteers and a nurse come one day after relaunch of national vaccination campaignTwo female v…
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What price a child’s life? India’s quest to make rare disease drugs affordable
Parents whose only hope was finding foreign sponsorship or a clinical trial are now looking for homegrown brea…
- Coronavirus, Employment, Global development, Global health, Human rights, Nepal, Poverty, Remittances, South and Central Asia, World news
‘It’s as if there’s no Covid’: Nepal defies pandemic amid a broken economy
Cases appear low and sports venues are packed, but protests are on the rise as jobs are lost and personal debt…
- Coronavirus, Global development, Global health, India, Infectious diseases, South and Central Asia, World news
India’s biggest challenge: how to vaccinate 1.3bn people against Covid-19?
Analysis: Even with the world’s largest vaccination scheme already in place, the distribution at this scale ha…