Health

Frontline workers from the public health system have been on their toes to proactively screen and detect COVID cases, with a particular focus on rural and remote regions of the country. Frontline workers are spreading awareness, ensuring COVID appropriate behaviour (CAB) is followed, and monitoring their communities for infections.

Stuti Mehta Despite significant strides being made in addressing the social and material discomforts around menstruation, it remains a stigmatised aspect of health in India. Poor menstrual hygiene is a leading cause for various urogenital infections among menstruators. At the same time, social taboos make it difficult...

Swasthya Plus News Desk Less than 10 days after Cyclone Tauktae wreaked havoc on the western and southern coasts of India, a second extreme weather event is looming close.  Cyclone Yaas, currently gathering steam over the Bay of Bengal, is...

Swasthya Plus News Desk  Many New Paths (Kete Nua Bata), in its second season, is a joint media advocacy campaign by OdishaLIVE and Swasthya Plus focused on children & young people during COVID-19 The Many New Paths campaign is supported by UNICEF, India. Government of Odisha’s initiative ‘Mo College’ is the...