Health & Wellbeing

Improving the health and nutrition of a community often comes down to one thing – communication. Village Square champions those with the most effective megaphones, but also showcases new or quirky trends in food and healthy living.

Boat ambulance brings solace to isolated villagers in Odisha

No bridge, bring boat. This old saying encapsulates both the challenge and the solution for over 20,000 residents of 138 villages in Odisha's Koraput district, separated from the district headquarters town by the Kolab reservoir.

Rare diseases in India, and the way forward

India has over 7 crore patients with a rare disease, 95% of which are incurable. This Rare Disease Day, Prasanna Kumar Shirol, co-founder of Organization of Rare Diseases India, talks about the challenges and the way forward.

Jharkhand’s first breast milk bank for premature babies

Rani Hospital in Ranchi offers a lifeline for vulnerable newborns, ensuring pasteurised breast milk for them, promoting health, reducing infections and fostering a community of selfless donors.

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Women ‘rise up’ to fight drug menace in Kerala

Distressed by the rampant drug abuse and alcoholism among local youth, women of Vattappankadu village get together to run a counselling programme to wean them away.

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‘Stigma, isolation aggravate mental health problems’

Access to mental health is a big challenge in rural India, particularly for the LGBTQIA+ communities and persons with HIV, says Rajesh Srinivas of Sangama, an organisation working for the cause.

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Gypsum jam: Rampant mining troubles Kashmir villagers

Villagers in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir continue to suffer from health issues related to air and noise pollution even as complaints to officials against gypsum mining lie unattended.

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Earth Overshoot Day: A call for sustained conservation efforts

The World Overshoot Day today once again serves as a reminder that human demands on nature surpass the planet's biocapacity. The effects are for everyone to see, especially in rural areas.

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Medical access remains a challenge in rural India

Even as healthcare becomes more accessible to rural Indians through government schemes such as Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY and E-Sanjeevani, several challenges still remain, shows a survey report unveiled during TRI’s ongoing India Rural Colloquy.

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Why the golden hour of breastfeeding is important

Breastfeeding may be a culturally encouraged practice in India, but feeding breast milk to the newborn within the first hour of birth needs to gain more acceptance in many parts of the country.