Tag: Healthcare
Amidst a Once-in-a-century Pandemic, What Does the Budget Say About Mental...
All eyes were on the Union Budget, announced on February 1, to see how expenditure towards healthcare would be allocated during the ongoing pandemic—this...
ASHA Workers and the Burden of Unpaid Care Work
Health workers such as Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA), among others, have been part of the National Health Mission (NHM) since 2005. An ASHA...
Dialling 102: How Can We (Re)Design Healthcare in India
Kiran Karnik — Former President, NASSCOM and Founder & Former Director, ISRO’s Development and Educational Communication Unit — speaks about reforming and redesigning India’s healthcare sector, in conversation with Sourya Reddy.
Polluting for Protection: The Story of Our Plastic Consumption during a...
A wholly unintentional (and welcome) consequence of global lockdowns and travel restrictions is the positive impact they can have on the environment, right from...
Disease Surveillance in India: From SARS-CoV to COVID 19
Amid COVID-19, disease surveillance and early warning detection mechanisms have gained importance across the world.
In India, the role of tracing the outbreak of diseases...
Reforming Ayurveda During COVID-19
Research by Isha Malaviya
Presented & edited by Sumit Krishna Yadav
Last week, Baba Ramdev announced Coronil and Swasari Vati as a “cures" for COVID-19. However,...
Breaking The Habit: Rehabilitating Drug Addicts in India
Written by Kartik Sundar
The streets of Asawarpur in rural Haryana are few among many in North India which are afflicted with a growing drug...
The Price of a Healthy Public
Understanding the Context
India’s public healthcare system has struggled to fulfil its mandate of providing quality and affordable healthcare to its billion-strong populace. Since liberalisation,...
