For sickle cell patients, an elusive disability certificate Context At three Union Ministries, a plan to issue permanent disability certificates to sickle-cell disease patients older than five has been bogged down for nearly three years. A Standing Committee of the Parliament encouraged the government to […]
Why no disaggregated data on tribal populations, asks House panel Context: The Union government was criticized for not having data that was broken down by the country’s tribal people’s health status in a report submitted to the House by a parliamentary committee on women’s empowerment. […]