'Covid response is highly dependent on leadership'

'If you don't have a strong political leadership, however much expertise a country may have, in pandemic preparedness or infectious disease, will not matter.''It's really about having strong......

'700 children in India die of diarrhoea or pneumonia every day'

'This is a tragedy that must be stopped.' Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters It is a microscopic round body with weird antenna like projections. It measures 76.5 nanometres in diameter, with a......

Pneumonia and diarrhoea: The biggest killers among children in India

Pneumonia and diarrhoea have collectively claimed the lives of over three lakh children in India in 2013, posing a major challenge to public health in the country, a report said. The '2014......

82pc Indian kids have NO understanding of cigarette warning labels

Pre-school children in India and Nigeria have the lowest awareness and understanding of health warning labels on cigarette packages, according to an international study of over 2,000 kids in six......