Vaccine hesitancy is a globally accepted phenomenon, said the government today in what it titled "Busting Myths of Immunization", underscoring that the issue should be addressed at the community level in a scientific manner.
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 10 (ANI): Villagers had to carry a 26-year-old pregnant woman on a cot for 10 km on Wednesday so that she could get healthcare facilities due to lack of proper roads in Kinneralova village of Teegalavalasa panchayat in Hukumpeta Mandal in Visakhapatnam.
Address crisis in tribal areas due to Covid-19: Civil society group to Centre Covid-19 spread which was sparse during the first wave has increased its severity and spread this year compounded with poor or non-existent health service, the signatories have said.
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NEW DELHI: A group of civil society organisations, activists, researchers and experts working with tribals and forest-dwelling communities have written to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) about the health and livelihoods crisis emerging in tribal areas during the second wave of the COVID pandemic. Covid-19 spread which was sparse during the first wave has increased its severity and spread this year compounded with poor or non-existent health service, the signatories have said.
The National Human Rights Commission has issued an advisory to two Union ministries, states and union territories to ensure the protection of human rights of 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups.