Health

Upset over the use of unhygienic clothes by rural female folk during their menstrual cycle in his panchayat, the 26-year-old Kondh is out informing about the importance of using a sanitary pad during menstruation. Niroj Ranjan Misra tells his story

While acknowledging the traditional healers as Tribal Health Ambassadors, the ICMR-NIRTH study aims at encouraging them to act as a channel for timely referral of cases needing immediate medical attention to Government health centres, The Indian Tribal reportsNew DelhiThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National [...]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to launch a mission to eliminate Sickle Cell Anaemia by 2047 from Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh on June 27. On World Sickle Cell Day (June 19), Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda details his Ministry’s action plan to tackle the menace that [...]

Initially reluctant and resistant to give up the traditional way of home deliveries, Kondhs in Nawarangpur in Odisha have finally taken to the institutional delivery mechanism for pregnant women, Niroj Ranjan Misra reports

A 30-year-old Kondh tribal In Odisha has overcome all odds in the last four years to drill in the benefits of immunization among his community, which resists everything alien making inroads into their society. In the ongoing World Immunisation Week (April 24-30), Niroj Ranjan Misra brings you Tarenga [...]

This is possible only if the menace is controlled in the forested areas, which are mostly inhabited by tribal communities. The Indian Tribal tells you why, in its special report to mark the World Malaria Day (April 25)

Since 2003, April 11 is observed as National Safe Motherhood Day in India. On this occasion, Niroj Ranjan Misra highlights how a fleet of unique bike ambulances and delivery vans have proved to be a boon for pregnant women, mostly Kondh tribals, and their families in over 650 [...]

Traditional tribal healers may be a dying breed but there is no denying their deep knowledge of the medicinal properties of natural substances. Proyashi Barua explains how some of them are trying their best to preserve the art of traditional healing

With traditional rituals and herbal medicines of tribal vaidyas being encroached upon by modern concepts of health, hygiene and medical science, these practitioners, also known as Jaankaars (Knowledgeable) in Odisha, are joining forces to expand and create a single large knowledge base. Niroj Ranjan Misra visits the Jaankaar

SUDHIR KUMAR MISHRA sheds light on Hodopathy, the dying traditional medicinal system unique to Jharkhand’s tribal community