Health

The Wages of Low Public Spending on Child Nutrition Programmes

Stagnant government funding and mis-allocation of available resources in recent years are together resulting in limited improvements in levels of child nutrition, anaemia and mortality.
▶23-Mar-2021
Reetika Khera
Review

Confronting the Pandemic

A primer on Covid-19 offers a comprehensive guide to the science of pathogens, disease, and therapies; but disappoints with a lack of analysis of the policy response to the pandemic.
▶10-Mar-2021
George Thomas

The Political Economy of Covid-19 Vaccines

Vaccine grabs, the refusal to relax patents to enable mass production, and the use of vaccines for diplomacy run the risk that poorer nations may not be protected against Covid-19 quickly enough.…
▶03-Mar-2021
Jayati Ghosh

Vaccine Platforms Old and New for SARS-CoV2

Ten years of work have been compressed into 10 months to yield the 10 vaccines now in use in the world. But trust has to be built among people by sharing accurate information, and a vaccine is also…
▶11-Feb-2021
Gagandeep Kang
Essay

Towards Universal Health Coverage?

A survey of reforms in health policies in India over the past two decades – actually a string of privatisation policies – indicates that we have moved away from and not towards Universal Health…
▶02-Jul-2020
TK Sundari Ravindran, Neena Elezebeth Philips
Covid-19

Past and Present

The eradication of smallpox in India in the 1970s may throw light on the evolving corona strategies. The attempts, then & now, operate against the backdrop of a destitute landscape, &…
▶30-Apr-2020
Harish Naraindas
Covid-19

India’s Tryst With Covid-19

The lockdown will not eliminate the coronavirus. Instead it could harm the livelihood & health of many. We must repair broken lives with economic measures, use evidence-based strategies to slow…
▶16-Apr-2020
Vikram Patel
Covid-19

How Well Prepared is India’s Health System to Deal with the Coronavirus Epidemic?

The government needs to give clear answers.
▶20-Mar-2020
Health Reporters

The National Medical Commission: A Renaming or Transformation?

Medical education in India has been beset so far by scandal. In medical practice, professional bodies have been opposing plans for a mid-level professional. Can the new National Medical Commission…
▶15-Oct-2019
Sambit Dash, Sanjay Nagral

Ujjwala Yojana Needs to be More Ambitious to End Pollution in Rural Kitchens

The free LPG connection scheme has seen a huge increase in the number of poor rural homes with gas stoves; more needs to be done to make LPG affordable and encourage the use of this clean fuel,…
▶20-Sep-2019
Ann Josey, Ashok Sreenivas, Ashwini Dabadge