Cancer

Biomass burning, used mainly for cooking, is a key contributor to Household Air Pollution (HAP). It poses health risks especially for women and children as they are directly exposed to …

heart-related ailments (6.1%), chronic asthma (7.5%), lung cancer/ failure (2.4%), loss of eyesight (9%). Manda Jadhav …

deaths across the world. Exposure to PM2.5 also leads to or worsens health conditions such as asthma, cancer, stroke, lung disease. Despite this, the data shows that only 10 of the 134 countries and regions …

conditions, includ- ing but not limited to asthma, cancer, stroke, and lung disease.2 Additionally, exposure …

All India Women’s Conference (AIWC), the oldest national women’s organization in India was born in January, 1927 in Poona. But the genesis had actually begun much earlier.

Muthulakshmy Reddy was instrumental in setting up the Cancer Centre in Chennai which continues to render valuable …

This study was published by the Centre for Education and Communication, a resource centre based in New Delhi. It was released in December 2023. The research was funded by Rosa …

chitis, TB, other breathing disorders and even cancer. “The employer is least con- cerned about these …

The Linguistic Survey of India (LSI) is an ongoing project of the Government of India that aims to document and study how languages have changed in the country over the …

83⁰ 22′ E to 87⁰ 57′ E longitude. The Tropic of Cancer at 23⅟₂ degree North passes through Ormanjhi in …

This report was released by Asar Social Impact Advisors, a Karnataka-based research organisation, in August 2023. It was authored by Vidyuth Sreenivasan, Neha Saigal and Saumya Shrivastava at Asar.Household air …

obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer. It also led to the “loss of an estimated 86 million …

The State of the World’s Children is an annual report published by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) since the year 1980. Each edition aims to promote awareness on key …

the HPV vaccine, which protects against cervical cancer. The pandemic has only darkened this picture. … soon, including against chronic diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. Our journey has been … papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause cervical cancer. children are zero-dose (unvaccinated) and under- … notably cervical cancer, which is estimated to be the fourth- biggest cause of cancer deaths among women … worldwide.8 Almost three out of five cervical cancer cases occur in countries that have yet to introduce …

This report – the 24th edition of the Women & Men in India reports – was published in March 2023 by the Social Statistics Division at the National Statistical Office …

greater risks from unintended pregnancies, cervical cancer, malnutrition, child marriage, adolescent fertility …

This paper was released on March 07, 2023, by the Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, Chennai. It was co-authored by Sushmita, a researcher and journalist working in areas …

recent spurt in non-communicable diseases such as cancer, hypertension, and diabetes. 6 Ibid. p. 38. …

The World Inequality Lab, a research organisation based in Paris, released this report on January 30, 2023. It was authored by Lucas Chancel and Philipp Bothe from the Paris School …

magnitude to the mortal- ity effects of all types of cancer today (under RCP8.5). This mortality effect al- …