I recently completed my residency in general surgery. Towards the end of my residency, I was introduced to the world of research and publishing. Far from knowing it all, the […]
South Asia
Bheemaray Manganavar: Re-imagining the response to non-communicable diseases in India
It was just another day at the primary health centre (PHC) that I work closely with in the south Indian state of Karnataka. I was in the pharmacy of the […]
Chris Baker: Bollywood stars should not endorse food of low nutritional quality—but a ban is not the solution
In India, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children aged 5-19 stands at 22%. Tackling this substantial and growing epidemic requires a population level shift away from poor diets and […]
Shreelata Rao Seshadri: Tracking India’s battle with malnutrition
For several years now, India has been sharply criticized for being one of the most undernourished nations on earth despite consistently high rates of economic growth. So the First Global […]
Soumyadeep Bhaumik: Snakebite research in India—no longer so neglected
In 2009 snakebite was added to the list of neglected diseases by the World Health Organization (WHO)—the first official recognition of it as a health problem. But the true burden […]
Vaibhav Bagaria: Of God’s “own men”
Recently, the medical fraternity of India has been in the spotlight on various accounts. While the highest court of the country proclaimed that medical professionals were “agents of god,” and that they […]
Ben Gibbison: “Well, it’s the NHS . . . what do you expect?”
A few years ago, I was climbing in the Indian Himalaya. After driving to the road head, we walked for four days to our base camp. There, one of our […]
Yogesh Jain and Raman Kataria: The pathology of a public health tragedy
Lessons from the Bilaspur sterilization camp The recent deaths of 13 women in India operated on at a sterilization camp in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, has thrown up urgent questions on the delivery of […]
Joseph Borick: A Jogini’s story
Our story begins on a warm humid day in a rural village in Andhra Pradesh, India. Our team of six doctors, nurses, and medical students arrived with a mobile health bus […]
The BMJ Today: Climate change and conflicts of interest: the sound and the fury
“Fury as top medical journal joins the green bandwagon” fumed the Daily Mail last week, which took exception to The BMJ’s publication of an article that, in the words of […]