Arindam Sen, Director of Heartnet speaks how CVD’s can be detected efficiently even in areas far from urban facilities. Today, the alarming incidences of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are evident, fueled by various factors including unhealthy lifestyles, smoking, obesity, hypertension, diabetes, …
About 200 million people use smokeless tobacco, 72 million use beedis, and 28 million use cigarettes in India. However, the focus of tobacco control and taxation has been on cigarette smokers only.
PRAHAR (Public Response Against Helplessness and Action for Redressal), an NGO dedicated to finding solutions for problems of the helpless released findings of the first-ever survey among actual users of tobacco products conducted to understand the likely impact of the proposed …
82% people do not support the ban of designated smoking areas: PRAHAR Read More »
In December 2020, international public health experts in Manilla filed a resolution directing the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability to conduct an inquiry on the “questionable” receipt of private funding by Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) …
