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Tropical Butterfly Conservatory

The Tropical Butterfly Conservatory Tiruchirappalli (TBCT) has been developed in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli to create awareness among the public about the importance of the butterfly and its ecology. Tropical Butterfly Conservatory The TBC is located in the Upper Anaicut Reserve Forest, sandwiched between the Cauvery and Kollidam rivers in Tiruchirappalli. It was inaugurated during November… Continue reading Tropical Butterfly Conservatory

BCG vaccine

According to a  US-based research, a combination of reduced morbidity and mortality could make the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination a “game-changer” in the fight against novel coronavirus. What is BCG Vaccine? Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine is a vaccine primarily used against tuberculosis (TB). In countries where TB or leprosy is common, one dose is recommended… Continue reading BCG vaccine

Pull out all the stops

Context Though there is coherence in India’s response to the Covid-19, still there is more that needs to be done. Sense of coherence in India’s response Since last week, a sense of coherence is settling over India’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The national lockdown, the incomes and credit support, and the three-month debt moratorium announced by… Continue reading Pull out all the stops

Telemedicine/Telehealth as a tool to fight COVID-19

  The Medical Council of India and the NITI Aayog have developed new guidelines released on March 25, 2020 for registered medical practitioners to deliver consultations to patients via telemedicine. Telemedicine Telemedicine involves the use of telecom and virtual technology to deliver health care outside of traditional health-care facilities. It is the essential delivery of health… Continue reading Telemedicine/Telehealth as a tool to fight COVID-19

[pib] ArogyaSetu App

  The Government of India has launched a mobile app ArogyaSetu developed in a public-private partnership to bring the people of India together in a resolute fight against COVID-19. AarogyaSetu App The App enables people to assess themselves the risk of their catching the Corona Virus infection. It will calculate this based on their interaction… Continue reading [pib] ArogyaSetu App

PM-CARES Fund

Context In the midst of all of this, our Prime Minister announced the creation of the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM-CARES), which—if the intention is to allow funds to move fast and circumvent bureaucratic hurdles—is a great initiative. About PM CARES Fund The Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief… Continue reading PM-CARES Fund

A pandemic in an unequal India

Context The official strategies to deal with the virus place the responsibility on citizens, a majority without privilege, to fight the virus. The poor disproportionately affected If the COVID-19 pandemic lashes India with severity, it will not be just the middle class who will be affected. India’s impoverished millions are likely to overwhelmingly bear the brunt… Continue reading A pandemic in an unequal India

Lock, don’t shut

Context Economy is a living machine — cannot be simply turned off and on. Even in lockdown, it needs to be kept alive. Movement of goods exempted Essential and non-essential distinction removed: It is, welcome that the Centre has now exempted transportation of all goods from the lockdown’s provisions, without distinction of “essential” and “non-essential”.… Continue reading Lock, don’t shut

Regulating the Private Health Sector to Eliminate COVID-19

Context The current COVID-19 crisis that India is battling has brought into sharp focus the public health system’s inadequacy to cope with it. Contradictory scenario between public and private healthcare delivery The contrast between public and private: Hospitals with state-of-the-art equipment rivalling five-star hotels in their facilities are mushrooming mostly in cities even as the overburdened public hospitals… Continue reading Regulating the Private Health Sector to Eliminate COVID-19

Convalescent Plasma Therapy

With no specific treatment available for novel coronavirus disease and a vaccine at least a year away, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved use of blood plasma from recovered patients to treat severely critical COVID-19 patients. Convalescent Plasma Therapy The therapy seeks to make use of the antibodies developed in the recovered… Continue reading Convalescent Plasma Therapy

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