World Health Day: Global and Indian public health outcomes hinge on our fight against antimicrobial resistance

World Health Day: Global and Indian public health outcomes hinge on our fight against antimicrobial resistance

Pharmaceutical effluent discharge into rivers is another critical factor responsible for increasing drug resistance. By Rex Clements This World Health Day, we must turn our attention to one of the most influential discoveries in medical history – antibiotics. Antibiotics are foundational to modern medicine. Before their use, bacterial infections claimed thirty percent of all deaths … Read more

World Health Day: Rising burden of NCDs worrying, says Apollo Hospitals study

World Health Day: Rising burden of NCDs worrying, says Apollo Hospitals study

World Health Day 2021 is today. Representative image/Pixabay On the occasion of World Health Day on Wednesday, April 7th, the Apollo Hospitals Group, unveiled findings of a report on the ‘Health of the Nation’ which has looked at the trends over the last two decades. To talk about this and to share their reading of … Read more