India is hosting the Call to Action Summit on the 27-28 August in New Delhi. The summit is focused on ending preventable child and maternal deaths, and will be co-hosted […]
South Asia
Nilanjan Bhor: Moving towards inclusive healthcare for migrants in India
According to the 2011 census, approximately 400m of India’s 1.21bn population are “internal migrants.” These migrant communities in Indian cities constitute a large proportion of people living in urban slums. […]
Manoj Kumar Pati: Road traffic injuries—an ignored public health issue in India
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 1.24 million road traffic deaths occur every year globally. Of those, the majority (80%) of deaths occur only in middle income countries. Yet the […]
Anant Bhan: Gender gap in medical education leadership in India
There is a rising welcome trend of women joining medical colleges in India, with female students being comparable in number or even outnumbering male students in many colleges. This trend […]
Anant Bhan: Leadership gap in India’s publicly funded health research
The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), India’s apex body for funding health research, advertised this month for directors of nine of its constituent institutes/centres. Applications are due by 4 […]
Veena Rao: India’s welfare woes
There’s been a huge amount of criticism in India following budgetary cuts imposed on social sector programmes in this year’s budget, the most prominent being the 50% cut in the […]
Aditya J Nanavati: A fat(e)al flaw
The concepts of fate and destiny are rooted in the cultural fabric of India. Even though these concepts have provided people with solace in the most difficult times, I believe […]
Doctors’ Day in India: Time for critical reflection for the medical profession
India celebrates Doctors’ Day every year on 1 July, in memory of Bidhan Chandra Roy (1 July 1882-1 July 1962), a well respected physician who was also the second chief […]
Tushar Garg: India’s medical curricula are abetting outdated constructions of gender and sexuality
Recently, India Today exposed licensed medical practitioners in New Delhi offering conversion therapy to cure homosexuality. It is a sad reflection on the contemporary awareness of gender and sexuality that […]
Jocalyn Clark: Does it pay to pee? An Indian city thinks so
When in public, where to pee? This is a universal challenge with a surprising array of local solutions. Last month Tahmima Anam, in her characteristically delightful New York Times column, […]