After COVID-19 gripped the world in 2020, health systems, governments and international institutions everywhere vowed we’d ‘never be unprepared again’. Yet, the pandemic’s wake revealed crumbling health systems, lax surveillance, misinformation issues, healthcare inequities – and it seems that many of these lessons have not yet been fully grasped in a handful of African nations…
Delhi plans to make leprosy a notifiable disease to improve surveillance, uncover hidden cases, and stop transmission. Despite being declared eliminated, rising cases and child infections show the disease still persists and needs urgent attention. Even though some diseases are not the deadliest, governments keep a careful eye on them by mandating that all cases…
Dr. Soumya Swaminathan is a global health leader who has strengthened public health systems by linking scientific research with evidence-based policy. Her work in infectious diseases and global initiatives like COVID-19 response highlights her commitment to health equity. Policies in the field of public health are extremely important in enhancing the health of the population…
Harvey J. Alter spent decades uncovering the mystery of non-A, non-B hepatitis, leading to the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. His work transformed global blood safety and helped save millions of lives, earning him the Nobel Prize in 2020. Harvey J. Alter and the Nobel Prize That Took Half a Century to Arrive There…
Photo Credit: Internet Clear Cut Health DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 17, 2025 12:35 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal India is facing an emerging public health crisis in the form of drug resistant infections, making treatable diseases even more difficult, and in many cases, deadly. During the 15th Annual Conference of the Clinical Infectious Disease Society (CIDSCON…
