Violence against healthcare workers is a chronic and growing problem in India. Siddhesh Zadey and colleagues look at how it can be tackled […]
South Asia
Will covid-19 turn the tide in India’s political discourse?
India’s healthcare system has for a long time been a mirror image of the country’s many contradictions. With a health budget of about 1.3% of GDP, it has a woefully […]
Covid-19 in India: vaccine shortages are leading to discrimination in access
In the first year of the covid-19 pandemic, India’s management of the spread, testing, tracing, and treatment of covid-19 was globally regarded as relatively well managed. But complacency set in […]
Loss of a fellow doctor due to covid-19: a case of disenfranchised grief?
The grieving doctor has to be given space and time to grieve, both of which are difficult in our current healthcare environment, observe Sai Krishna Tikka, Deyashini Lahiri, and Vikas […]
Coronavirus disease-associated mucormycosis warrants timely collaborative registers
Coronavirus disease-associated mucormycosis (CAM), the so-called black fungus, has emerged as a significant healthcare challenge, with more than 30,000 cases reported until June 2021 in India alone. [1] While previous […]
Anita Jain: Covid-19 in India and the Mumbai model
The Supreme Court of India recently praised “The Mumbai Model” in responding to the second wave of covid-19 and asked other Indian states to draw from its experience. In early […]
India’s challenges with covid-19 vaccination
At the start of 2021, India launched the world’s largest vaccination drive against covid-19 across 3006 vaccination sites in the country. During the initial phase, the plan was to vaccinate […]
Covid-19 in Nepal: a lack of preparedness and a lack of vaccines
Amid a worsening covid-19 crisis, the Nepali parliament has been dissolved. Buddha Basynat discusses Nepal’s covid response so far, and why vaccines are an urgent priority […]
Sarojini Nadimpally: Covid-19 has exposed deep cracks in the Indian healthcare system
Health and healthcare are basic human rights which must be treated as a topmost priority by all governments, writes Sarojini Nadimpally […]
The second covid-19 wave and the paradox of Indian healthcare
India’s second coming of covid-19 is not just a wave, but a tsunami which has rapidly surpassed the daily tally of any other nation across the world. Delhi, the capital […]