Mental Healthcare for Transgender People: An Elusive Dream?
Although far from optimal, still considerable progress has been made in providing healthcare to transgender people in many parts of the world. Yet their mental health needs remain far from being served.
Community Engagement in TB Programmes Vital to Quality TB Care
In Andhra Pradesh state of India, a doctor gulped down sleeping pills when pulled up by authorities for not doing field visits to follow up tuberculosis (TB) patients (source: The Times of India).
The End of Back Pain? Sometimes It’s All In The Head – So Is The Treatment
Back pain is difficult to treat but recent discoveries show that in some cases some of it is literally all in the head - structural changes in the brain. And there may be a simple non analgesic treatment.
District Magistrate Helps Bahraich Community Recover From Floods
And that is precisely what the district administration with support from UNICEF had hoped to hear when they began preparing way back in June 2010 to face the challenges that floods in these prone areas throw up year after year.
High Mortality Rate is Dominant Among HIV Patients With TB in India
60% of people living with HIV in India are dying due to preventable and curable TB. Though we have 12,500 microscopy centers available across India, deaths occur mainly due to late diagnosis, owing to technology limitations.
