Articles
Heat Waves and Action Plans: How Does India Fare?
18 Sep 2024 | Ms Jency Samuel
While preparedness, alerts and warnings, and other measures of heat action plans have vastly reduced the impact of heat waves, the duration and frequency of climate-induced heat waves are on the rise. Jency Samuel says that as heat waves impact people’s health and livelihood, and the nation’s economy adversely, there is a need to improve and better implement the heat action plans.
Assessment of the adverse effect of crop residue burning on respiratory health: a case study of Patiala, India
15 Sep 2023 | Sujit Kumar Ghosh| | Anand Krishnan
Air pollution causing heart diseases
15 Sep 2023
Air pollution is one of the five leading causes of death worldwide. An eminent cardiologist associated with the Harvard Medical School presents terrifying statistics on worldwide deaths linked to air pollution. Air pollution-linked illness was found to be seven crores globally, and 70 lakh people lost their lives, according to the WHO. Out of these deaths, about 24 lakh deaths were associated with Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD), and 13 lakh deaths were due to heart strokes, that is, a total of 37 lakh deaths from heart-ailments.
Climate Adaptation and Financing
01 Jul 2022
TERI in this project will identify relevant adaptation strategies including short to long-term risk planning to support the adaptation and implementation process.
COVID-19 and nutrition: How the pandemic induced a much-awaited behavioural change
15 Oct 2020
A balanced diet and nutrition can act as an effective prophylactic measure against the COVID-19 infection. A positive behavioural change in our eating habits during lockdown must be sustained beyond the pandemic to ensure its long term positive impacts.
COVID-19 and food insecurity: How social schemes will help migrant workers?
22 Jul 2020
With no source of income in the COVID-19 lockdown, an unprecedented migrant crisis unfolded in India. Government aid can reduce the impact of coronavirus pandemic on the food security of migrant workers.
Vulnerability Index Tool: Vulnerability assessment for health
09 Jul 2020
A prototype digital tool is being developed for state health departments in India to upload data, and the vulnerability index can be generated using the tool.