Mathew Sunil George

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Mathew Sunil George

Mathew Sunil George is with the Health Research Institute, University of Canberra.

Top-down Approaches to Health do not Work

Government programmes for the indigenous that do not listen to and involve the local communities will not succeed in improving wellbeing.

▶11-Mar-2022

Mathew Sunil George, Ramu K.A., Rajendra Prasad

'Will Come if it is in Our Podu'

Why do health workers often take the punitive route to obtain compliance from marginalised communities? How can we build cultural sensitivity into our public health practice? A story of the Solega…

▶31-Aug-2021

Prashanth N Srinivas, Tanya Seshadri, C Mahadeva, Mathew Sunil George

Mathew Sunil George

Just ₹500 a month from 1,000 readers will cover our costs

Top-down Approaches to Health do not Work

'Will Come if it is in Our Podu'

Just ₹500 a month from 1,000 readers
will cover our costs