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Zarina Screwvala, Co-founder of Swades Foundation emphasises the importance of education to empower women and achieve gender equality. She also discusses the work Swades has done towards education, water, sanitation, health, poverty reduction, rural development, and much more.

Meet Bengaluru-based Vani Murthy, a 60-year-old homemaker turned change maker, who has been inspiring youngsters to manage their waste in a green way by following simple rules of composting and recycling. Ms Murthy started her green journey 15 years ago when she realised how huge the problem of waste management is in our country. It is then she decided to curtail her waste generation and change the way she has been managing the waste at home. Ms Murthy took a pledge to ensure that nothing from the waste generated in her household would end up in landfills. And so began this life-long journey to manage waste in a sustainable way.

Why is India seeing a rise in H3N2, COVID-19 cases suddenly. Should the country prepare itself for another pandemic? Team Banega Swasth India speaks with Dr. Randeep Guleria, Chairman - Institute of Internal Medicine and Respiratory & Sleep Medicine and Director - Medical Education, Medanta, to know all about the H3N2 virus - its symptoms, precautions one should take and the roadmap for India to tackle any future pandemics.

On the Banega Swasth India podcast, we speak with Dr. Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director at Apollo Hospitals, about the significance of educating women, empowering them to become entrepreneurs and digitally fluent.

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have affected over a billion people globally, and many of these diseases are prevalent in India. On this episode of Banega Swasth India podcast, several experts explain the diseases and conditions listed as NTDs and India's status in eradicating them.

COVID Variants: Dr. Sandeep Budhiraja, Group Medical Director at Max Healthcare spoke to NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth India team about two Omicron sub-lineages, XBB 1.5 and BF.7 and the risks they pose to one's health.

Delhi's Air Pollution: Air pollution shortens lives by almost 10 years in Delhi, the most polluted city in the world, as per Air Quality Life Index 2022. Tanushree Ganguly, Programme Lead, Air Quality at Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), a not-for-profit policy research institution opines, "Delhi is in that unfortunate position where it is impacted by both local sources which are basically within Delhi city limits as well sources which are outside Delhi city limits." Sources of air pollution within Delhi city limits include vehicular emission, followed by road dust, open waste burning and small-scale industries.

As 2022 draws to a close, we look at the critical issue of air pollution - the risk it poses to our health and well-being and how can we ensure clean air for all. In this episode of Banega Swasth India podcast, Anumita Roy Chowdhury, Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, CSE sets the agenda for 2023.

828 million people were affected by hunger in 2021 that is an increase of 46 million from 2020 and 150 million from 2019, reports The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2022. Around 2.3 billion people in the world (29.3 percent) were moderately or severely food insecure in 2021. With startling levels of food insecurity, how do we achieve the goal of 'leave no one behind' - which was this year's theme for World Food Day celebrated on October 16? In this episode of Banega Swasth India podcast, we have with us Shombi Sharp, United Nations Resident Coordinator in India; Dr Ulac Demirag, Country Director and Representative, International Fund for Agricultural Development; Bishow Parajuli, United Nations World Food Programme Representative and Country Director to India and Food and Agriculture Orgnaisation (FAO) Officer-In-Charge, Konda Reddy Chavva.  

The theme for World AIDS Day 2022 is 'equalize'. It emphasises on eliminating the inequalities that have slowed the fight against the disease and ending the AIDS epidemic. In an exclusive interview with Banega Swasth India, David Bridger, Country Director - India, UNAIDS said that the organisation's global strategy is a five-year plan that focuses on addressing inequality that are causing new HIV infections and related deaths. Tune in to the podcast to know more.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) report on the effects of air pollution among children, nearly 93 per cent (1.8 billion) of the world's children under the age of 15 years breathe poisonous air every day. Furthermore, air pollution is responsible for one out of every ten deaths in children under the age of five, as well as 20% of newborn deaths. Dr. Anupam Sibal, senior paediatrician and group medical director at Apollo Hospitals, spoke to the NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth India team about the rising levels of air pollution and its impact on the health of children and expectant mothers.

Malnutrition in India has called for priority actions within the existing nutrition and health programs. Among all the indicators, stunting (low height for age) remains one of the primary signs of malnutrition among children and anaemia among women. Speaking to NDTV, Chief of Nutrition, UNICEF India, Arjan de Wagt, detailed the causes, indicators, effects, and possible interventions required to combat nutritional deficiency and anaemia among women and children.

Dr Rachna Kucheria, A general physician, public health expert,  and founder of DocGenie Telemedicine, discusses its health impact and the possible interventions to avoid contracting severe respiratory problems. She also focuses on the role of policy-makers in tackling air pollution.  

Dr. Satyanarayana Mysore, a pulmonologist, Head Of The Department And Lung Transplant Physician, Manipal Hospitals, discusses Delhi's poisonous air that has groped the people in its deadly chamber. He details its immediate, short-term, and long-term effects and advices possible measures one can take to protect themselves.  

24 वर्षीय ऋषभ रिखीराम शर्मा एक सितारवादक, म्‍यूजिक प्रोडयूसर और कम्‍पोजर हैं. उन्होंने पहली बार 10 साल की उम्र में सितार बजाना शुरू किया और वह तुरंत इसके जादू से मोहित हो गए. ‘सितार फॉर मेंटल हेल्थ’: भारत के सबसे कम उम्र के सितारवादक में से एक, ऋषभ रिखीराम शर्मा, लोगों की मदद के रूप में अपना म्‍यूजिक इस्‍तेमाल कर रहे हैं.  

Team Banega Swasth India speaks with Dr. Saurabh Mehrotra, Senior Consultant, Institute of Neurosciences, Medanta, Gurugram on how individuals can take care of their mental wellbeing and what changes they can do on a day-to-day basis to stay healthy mentally.

24-year-old sitarist and Pandit Ravi Shankar's youngest and last disciple, Rishab Rikhiram Sharma discovered the power of music in coping with grief during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sitar maestro is now helping people through his music. 

To mark 75 years of Independence on August 15, NDTV - Dettol Banega Swasth India along with Campaign Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan organised a special show - Saluting Bharat Ki 'ASHA', to honour the one million ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) workers in India, who have been at the forefront of the healthcare delivery system in the country. On this show, experts discuss the critical role of ASHA workers in building a helthier India.

The "mountains of garbage" dotting India's cities is currently the most critical issues facing our planet. Time and again, experts have said, not segregating our waste is one of the major reasons behind the current garbage crisis, as a result, today, garbage is clogging our mountains, rivers, oceans, impacting health of the people and the environment. To discuss more about the issue and the threat of the ever-growing manmade garbage mountains, on this episode of Banega Swasth India Podcast, we speak with Saumya Roy, Author of a recent book Mountain Tales - Love and Loss in the Municipality of Castaway Belongings.  

भारत के शहरों में "कचरे के पहाड़" वर्तमान में हमारे ग्रह के सामने सबसे महत्वपूर्ण विषय हैं. विशेषज्ञों ने बार-बार कहा है कि कचरे को अलग न करना मौजूदा कचरा संकट के पीछे प्रमुख कारणों में से एक है, जिसके परिणामस्वरूप, आज, कचरा हमारे पहाड़ों, नदियों, महासागरों को बंद कर रहा है, लोगों के स्वास्थ्य और पर्यावरण को प्रभावित कर रहा है. इस मुद्दे और लगातार बढ़ते मानव निर्मित कचरे के पहाड़ों के खतरे के बारे में अधिक चर्चा करने के लिए, टीम बनेगा स्वस्थ इंडिया ने हाल ही में एक किताब माउंटेन टेल्स - लव एंड लॉस इन द म्युनिसिपालिटी ऑफ कास्टअवे बिलॉन्गिंग्स की लेखिका सौम्या रॉय के साथ बात की.