Bridging Science and Society
Diabetes and well-being is the theme for World Diabetes Day 2024-26 In 2007 General Assembly adopted resolution 61/225 designating 14 November as World Diabetes Day. The document recognized “the urgent need to pursue multilateral efforts to promote and improve human health and provide access to treatment and health-care education.” The resolution also encouraged Member States to develop… Continue reading World Diabetes Day 2024
Incidentally, in India, Children’s Day coincides with the World Diabetes Day. And this coincidence gains more significance when the reports of Indian children being diagnosed with diabetes, are adding up at an alarming rate. This rise in the number of Type 2 Diabetes cases has pushed the panic buttons in families, health organizations, and the… Continue reading WORLD DIABETES DAY 2021 | Quiz*
World Immunization Day is celebrated every year on November 10. This day is celebrated to make people aware about the importance of getting timely vaccinations against vaccine preventable diseases. Immunization is the process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by the administration of a vaccine. Immunization helps protect… Continue reading World Immunization Day 2021 | Quiz+
Our Actions are Our Future Every year, on 16 October, World Food Day is celebrated to mark the anniversary of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, in the year 1979. The day aims at promoting global awareness regarding food security, action for those who suffer from hunger, and… Continue reading WORLD FOOD DAY 2021 | Test your Food Quotient
Lifestyle and diseases In 1929, Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler coined the word ‘lifestyle’ for the way a person lives. Gradually, this pattern of individual practices and personal behavioural preferences has led to rise in both, physical and mental illnesses, over a period of time. Day to day habits that replaced physical activity with sedentary routine,… Continue reading PCOS | ‘Be Aware and Take Care’
