It is important for girls and women and people of all gender diversities to prioritise infection prevention and control, and access public healthcare services in ... May 13
With only 56 months left to end TB globally by 2030, the progress is way off the mark. To end TB, we have to protect ... Mar 21
The promise of improved nutrition and healthcare is far more than a development goal. It is a pathway towards dignity, opportunity and a healthier future.... Mar 07
Asia Pacific region is not on track to deliver on any of the 17 SDGs by 2030, said Sai, who leads the Asian-Pacific Resource ... Feb 21
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Accountability is critical when it comes to ensuring that promises made by the governments translate into ground realities “where no one is left behind.” Without ... Feb 06
If one assumes that artificial intelligence (AI) is for the ‘haves’ and not ‘have-nots,' then let us dive deeper into how AI is helping ... Feb 03
Even before 2026 began, we were never on track to deliver on gender equality and human right to health and broader development justice.... Jan 31
Summit of sub-national government leaders from over 121 cities of 12 countries in Asia and the Pacific region unitedly passed an important declaration in ... Jan 27
Thanks to communities of people living with and affected by HIV, a lot of scientifically proven tools and approaches have made it possible to offer ... Jan 12
As 2025 wraps up, let us remind ourselves of the prominent promises (and some legally binding ones) which our governments have made since 1945 to ... Dec 27
Ten years back at the United Nations General Assembly, all world leaders promised to eliminate harmful practice of female genital mutilation/ cutting by 2030. But ... Dec 16
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The risk of getting TB disease is among the highest in unhoused and other marginalised persons but the likelihood of them seeking public TB services ... Nov 28
Indo–Swedish Partnership Powers National Neonatal Critical Care Training Rollout.... Nov 27
According to the latest WHO Global TB Report 2025 released a week ago, tobacco smoking is among the top-5 risk factors for the deadliest ... Nov 24
The landscape of sexual and reproductive health and rights is shifting: millions of women want to avoid pregnancy but are not using a modern method ... Nov 07
Before world’s largest gathering on sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice (International Conference on Family Planning or ICFP 2025) opens next week in ... Oct 28
Anti-rights and anti-gender pushbacks have made the situation even more grim. Activists are pinning hope on an upcoming global meet to galvanise a ... Oct 22
As the country marches towards becoming a global power, its strength will no longer lie merely in population size but in the health, equality, and ... Oct 16
The Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India, together with FICCI, organized an outreach workshop in Hyderabad on the ongoing National S&T Survey ... Oct 16
The Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS), Chennai, hosted Intellithon 2025 – AI Grand Challenge, a 24-hour national-level hackathon that brought together some ... Oct 14
It was shocking to see that United States of America (USA) took a position against most other nations and went ahead to “torpedo” the draft ... Sep 29
WHO guidelines in 2021 endorsed artificial intelligence (AI) enabled computer-aided detection of TB with X-Rays.... Sep 19
Asia Pacific Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance 2025 opens in Indonesia.... Sep 12
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