Improving the health and nutrition of a community often comes down to one thing – communication. Village Square champions those with the most effective megaphones, but also showcases new or quirky trends in food and healthy living.
Health & Wellbeing
How community-based primary mental healthcare can safeguard the aged
Lack of awareness and dearth of qualified professionals hinder mental health services for older people in rural areas. Primary mental healthcare, which involves the family and community, ensures that older people get the needed care.
In Gujarat village of elders, community kitchen helps fight loneliness
As younger generations migrate for work, a community kitchen at Chandanki village in Mehsana district of Gujarat offers fresh meals twice a day for a modest fee, providing nourishment and companionship to the elderly residents.
How this 29-yr-old cancer survivor is changing rural healthcare
DigiSwasthya, which provides accessible and affordable telemedicine services in rural areas, was inspired by the lack of healthcare resources in villages, and founder Sandeep Kumar’s own battle with cancer. It’s now having life-saving impacts in rural India.
Village battles cancer as Punjab’s environmental crisis deepens
The village of Sirsiwala in Punjab's Mansa district is grappling with an alarming rise in cancer cases linked to groundwater pollution and intensive pesticide use.
Yoga no uphill task for these mountain women
Several women hail the transformative power of yoga in a remote village of Uttarakhand where they don’t have a connection by roads, but feel a connection with themselves on account of the physical discipline.
Flood-prone Assam village sees hope with terra water filters
In the flood-prone Barak valley of southern Assam, where monsoon floods often leave villagers without clean drinking water, terra filters installed by a non-governmental organisation have become a lifeline.
This hospital’s accessible, affordable healthcare is a life-saver for villagers
For patients in remote villages of north Kashmir, who had difficulty accessing critical healthcare in urban hospitals, North End Hospital in Pattan has become a life-saver, especially for those seeking treatment under the government’s healthcare scheme.
Reviving healthcare services in the Red Corridor villages
Caught in the conflict between the left-wing extremists and government-supported counterinsurgency militia, villages in Chhattisgarh were devoid of healthcare, till a collaborative effort resulted in the revival of medical centres.
Did you know dragon fruit can help thyroid function?
Lifestyle modifications, including following a simple sattvic diet suitable to one’s body type, which is rich in iron, iodine and selenium, are recommended to manage hypothyroidism. This know-how is helping rural patients in a big way.