Health

Global HIV Treatment Imperilled by Foriegn Aid cuts

"Concern is greatest for countries that are most acutely affected by HIV and AIDS, many of which will be most affected by international funding cuts."
▶01-Apr-2025
Rowan Martin-Hughes, Debra ten Brink, Nick Scott

Scarred to Death

The persistence of silicosis puts at risk India's aims to eliminate tuberculosis this year. The great tragedy is that it is easily preventable.
▶21-Jan-2025
Arkaprabha Sau

Towards a Policy for Menstrual Hygiene Infrastructure in Workplaces

Improving menstrual hygiene facilities at workplaces is crucial as a goal in itself and for encouraging female workforce participation. The government must set clear goals and objectives, create a…
▶18-Jul-2024
Kaushiki Sanyal

Jan Vishwas Act, 2023: Symbol of a Broken Legislative Process

The Jan Vishwas Act, 2023 has amended 42 laws by decriminalising offences under them to improve the “ease of doing business”. While this would usually be a reason to celebrate, the legislation seems…
▶20-Oct-2023
Prashant Reddy T

Towards Safe and Respectful Maternity Care

The National Rural Health Mission has provided disadvantaged women with better access to maternal healthcare, but obstetric practices can sometimes be egregious, adverse, and even violent. Gender and…
▶19-Sep-2023
Aditi Iyer

Hysterectomy: A Call to Address Women’s Health through the Life Course

Early hysterectomy is unique to India and it is likely that after this expensive surgery women will face other health problems later in life. We need to see menstrual problems as one of a range of…
▶09-Aug-2023
Sapna Desai

Rajasthan’s Killer Sandstone Mines

Mine workers in Rajasthan are perhaps the most vulnerable among manual workers in India’s unorganised sector. They are exposed to various kinds of dust, which makes them very susceptible to…
▶08-Aug-2023
Seema Sharma

Marginalised Rural Women and Sexual and Reproductive Health Services during Covid-19

How were rural marginalised women’s lives affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, including in accessing sexual and reproductive health services? A report based on studies conducted in Chengalpattu…
▶07-Aug-2023
Balasubramanian P.

Assisted Conception in India: Issues, Conflicts and Controversies

Assisted reproduction clinics in India opportunistically draw on socio-moral ideas regarding fertility and childlessness.
▶03-Aug-2023
Anindita Majumdar

'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