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Health in India

Three years into COVID-19, India has lost, learned, and is building back

Food
A woman dressed in a head covering and long dress carries bread as she walks on a frost-covered footbridge in the interiors of Nigeen Lake on a cold winter morning in Srinagar, India, December 24, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

A Clear Fix for a Common Birth Defect in India

by Siddhesh Zadey, Sweta Dubey

Folic acid fortification in food can help reduce neural tube defects in India

Governance
A protestor participating in a "Fridays for Future" march calling for urgent measures to combat climate change holds a globe designed to look like it is on fire, in Mumbai, India, on September 27, 2019.

The Rise of Infectious Diseases Due to Climate Change

by Vinayak Mishra

Building resilience to climate-linked diseases in India and other countries and communities most at risk

A child wears a skull mask at an anti-tobacco awareness rally on World No Tobacco Day in Kolkata, India, on May 31, 2019. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
Governance

Beating the Bidi Habit In India

An interview with Vandana Shah explores tobacco use and policy in India

The arms of school boys are seen carrying their tiffin boxes as they wait to receive their free mid-day meal, distributed by a government-run primary school, in New Delhi July 19, 2013.
Food

Giving a Boost to School Lunches in India

Supplementing school lunches with iron-fortified salt can help reduce anemia in kids

A bird's eye view of dozens of college students performing during a flash mob as a tribute to the cultural diversity of India, at Mumbai Central railway station, in Mumbai, India, September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni
Governance

Three Years In

As India approaches the third anniversary of COVID, Ramanan Laxminarayan takes the temperature of the country's health

Bhawri Devi watches as her husband and son push an auto-rickshaw which got stuck in the sand on the way home from receiving cancer treatment, in a village in Jalore, India, on April 7, 2018.
Migration

India Needs Cancer Care Outside its Big Cities

India's poorest often travel hundreds of kilometers to access cancer care

A man in a red shirt stands in profile and weeps as his mother is being treated inside a COVID-19 intensive care unit of a government-run hospital, amidst the coronavirus pandemic, in Bijnor District, Uttar Pradesh, India, on May 11, 2021. Photo by REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
Poverty

"10 Bed ICU" Brings Intensive Care Units to India's Rural Towns and Villages

A collaboration between business experts, nonprofit organizations, and India's government is making it happen

Women wearing protective face masks and colorful red and white saris stand in front of a purple wall and a color mural as they watch a dress rehearsal for the Republic Day parade, in New Delhi, India, on January 23, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Gender

HPV Vaccination and the Quest to Solve India's Cervical Cancer Problem

Misinformation, stigma, and health disparities have stalled HPV vaccination

Asmita Koladiya, a health-care worker, carrying her eight-month-old daughter, gives a dose of vaccine against COVID-19 to a man in Lodhida village, in Gujarat, India, on February 2, 2022.
Gender

Women Are Transforming Health in Rural Villages in India

Community health "entrepreneurs" prevent disease, strengthen social safety nets, and improve well-being