Indians 4 Social Change

Introduction It has been more than 2 months since the complete national lockdown was imposed on India. To curb the spread of the coronavirus and ensure the health facilities don’t collapse under the stress of the disease, the lockdown was crucial for saving lives. As the lockdown is getting relaxed, …

Introduction Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of a microorganism to stop an antimicrobial drug from working against it. The result of it is that the standard treatments tend to become ineffective and the infections persist and spread to other people. Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global challenges. Around …

Introduction Food and nutrition are among the fundamental needs of a human being and are particularly important for a child’s growth and development. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), malnutrition refers to “deficiencies, excesses, or imbalances in a person’s intake of energy and/or nutrients”. India has one of the highest …

Introduction Surrogacy is the practice of renting a womb; it is a type of assisted reproductive technology (ART). In the year 2002, commercial surrogacy was legalized in India to boost medical tourism in the country. Recently though, the Lok Sabha passed a bill to check the status of commercial surrogacy in …

Background According to the World Health Organisation standards, the ratio of doctor to population should ideally be 1:1000, but India has a ratio of 1:1456. The doctors are easily available in the urban areas, but they are rarely willing to reach out to the rural areas because of a lack of …

Introduction ‘Women’s Health is one of the WHO’s Highest Priorities’ – Gro Harlem Brundtland In a fast moving world of growth and development, women’s position in India is still worrisome, namely in health and education. This might be due to the behavioral patterns or ‘social and cultural factors’, which lay their …

What is Bandhua Mazdoori? In a society that feeds off exploitation, bonded labor or ‘bandhua mazdoori’ is more mainstream than we presume. Thanks to poor implementation of laws and under-researched strategies that are failing to meet their goal of reducing bandhua mazdoori rates, approximately 18 million citizens are victims of slavery …

“Periods”, “Aunt Flo”, and “cry of the womb”: these are some terms that are normally used for the biological process of menstruation that happens to females. Every once in a while, we come across advertisements of sanitary pads. We hear about tampons. We hear about both these sanitary protection tools …

Ayushman Bharat or Pradhan Mantri Jan Aayog Yojana (PMJAY) is a new nationwide healthcare scheme that is introduced by the central government for the underprivileged families. Specifically, PMJAY is a scheme that will benefit the people belonging to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) category. PMJAY aims to help 1,00,000 families …

Progress is never made unless stigmas and boundaries are broken. This is exactly what I-AM Shakti, a non profit organization founded on the basis to break the stigma of mental health surrounding Indian Americans, their friends, and their families, is doing. I-AM SHAKTI was started in November 2017 and currently …